Ed Harris Quotes

• I’m not an activist per se, but I have strong feelings about things. People can jump on celebrities for being ill-informed or naive, but I’ve got a right to say what I believe.

  Ed Harris

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Strong, Feelings

• Pollock said several times that he couldn’t separate himself from his art. Not knowing much about modern art when I began to read about him, I was much more his persona – his struggles as a human being – that was interesting to me.

  Ed Harris

  Topics in Art

  Tags in Person

• I love this country very much, and I’m proud to live here, but I think our current administration is extreme. These are not merely conservative people, these are extreme right-wing people.

  Ed Harris

  Topics in Country

  Tags in Self -Love

• I made career decisions that came from the part of me who wanted to shun the limelight.

  Ed Harris

  Topics in Decisions

  Tags in Career

• I like to act with people that know what they’re doing.

  Ed Harris

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  Tags in People, Self, Like

• If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn’t be able to do my job here. I’ll do what I think is right and explain it later.

  Frank Langella

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Worrying

• I had some really dear friends who died from AIDS-one in particular. His family wasn’t around and he didn’t have many friends. I spent a lot of time with him in his later days.

  Ed Harris

  Topics in Friendship

  Tags in Self, Goodness

• I have a tight family group that’s really important to me. I don’t want to work all the time.

  Ed Harris

  Topics in Family

  Tags in Importance

• I feel like my place in this industry is still progressing.

  Ed Harris

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Feeling

• I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job.

  Ed Harris

  Topics in Job

  Tags in Self

• A lot of films come out before they’re finished.

  Ed Harris

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Films

• I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.

  Ed Harris

  Topics in Work

  Tags in Self

• For The Truman Show, I worked for a few weeks, do my gig, then I was done.

  Ed Harris

  Topics in Work

  Tags in Self

• You can’t betray yourself too often, or you become somebody else.

  Ed Harris

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Yourself

• I’ve always wanted to work with Paul Newman. I had a couple opportunities in the past, and I didn’t take advantage of it, so it was really fun to be working with him.

  Ed Harris

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Opportunities

• In the past 10 years, I’ve looked at life as this Pollock stuff. And now I’m almost in the post Pollock phase.

  Ed Harris

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Person

• One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.

  Ed Harris

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Acting

• I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don’t necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.

  Ed Harris

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Thinking

• Seeing what happens when you rip yourself open is what your job is all about.

  Ed Harris

  Topics in Job

  Tags in Yourself

• I was concerned about filling my life up with something important to me. To me, it was just necessary.

  Ed Harris

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Concerned

Ed Harris (30)

Birth:	28th November, 1950
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor

About

Ed Harris is best known for his performances in Pollock, Appaloosa, The Rock, The Abyss, A Beautiful Mind, A History of Violence, Enemy at the Gates, The Right Stuff, Gone Baby Gone, Radio, Paris Trout, Jackknife, Empire Falls, and Game Change. Harris has also narrated commercials for Home Depot and other companies. He is a three-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances.

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