Gregory Harrison Quotes

• What I ended up doing was becoming an actor who didn’t mind doing other people’s words.

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• Well, I want to do The Music Man. I think it’s an amazing opportunity, but I think that they are probably looking at major movie stars right now, and I don’t blame them.

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• Then when I got to Hollywood, the first musical I did was Festival in 1977.

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• Suddenly Star Wars came out while we were on hiatus, and we looked like the old Buck Rogers series, where they had cigarette smoke blowing out the back of the rocket ship.

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• So I got interested in singing and I have always used my voice. Not professionally as much, but around the living room, the campfire, that kind of thing.

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• It was the first time that I was on Broadway, and I got to run as fast as I could to keep up. And I loved it!

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• I love to sing and I do think that my strength as a singer is… I think I have a voice that is certainly sufficient under most any circumstances… but I think my strength is that I really am an actor and I really do have to own what I am saying.

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• I learned to play guitar at a young age and converted poems and stuff that I had written to songs.

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• I have to own something before I can say it, and I have to own it before I can sing it as well, emotionally. I only enjoy acting and singing if I am believing what I am doing.

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• I have to be very careful about how often I drag my family to places. They need some stability in their lives.

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• I have kept a part of Catalina Productions going, through which I develop a few projects just for me.

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• I have four kids; three girls and a boy. The oldest girl is 13, and has her own social life now, so there’s a bit of begrudging cooperation there. It’s tough.

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• I have a big family and had to move them all from the coast of Oregon to New York three times for the workshops and for the actual production itself, which had about a four month development rehearsal schedule.

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• I had done a lot of plays, particularly at my own theater in LA, and it was the first time in my theatrical life where I didn’t feel that my role was also to keep everybody else working hard.

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• I got a series with the WB next year. We start shooting in July. It’s going to be called Safe Harbor, and it’s an hour show. It’s a Spelling show and will follow 7th Heaven.

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• I directed an episode of Touched by an Angel a couple of months ago, and I will be doing more of that. I just like to keep a bit of variety going; it keeps things interesting.

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• I didn’t feel compromised as an actor, and allowed other people’s fingerprints all over that aspect.

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• Honestly, when I got to Hollywood I was trying to sell my songs.

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• But we were doing plays and movies which I had nothing to do with other than being a producer, and I don’t have that kind of interest or time any more.

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• But I can’t wait to watch the Tonys this Sunday. I’m really glad Broadway is doing so well this year, especially with its straight plays. It’s been a wonderful year.

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Gregory Harrison (25)

Birth:	31st May, 1950
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor

About

Gregory Neale Harrison was born in Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA. He is an American actor. His role in several films include: Jim the World's Greatest, Fraternity Row, Razorback, North Shore, Cadillac Girls, Hard Evidence, It's My Party, Give 'Em Hell, Malone, and Fair Haven. His role in television include: Trilogy of Terror(TV horror film), The Gathering(TV film), Logan's Run (TV series), The Women's Room(TV film), Fresno (miniseries), The Family Man(TV series), Summer of Fear(TV film), First Daughter(TV film), and Reckless (TV series). He is known for his role as Dr. George Alonzo "Gonzo" Gates on the CBS series Trapper John, M.D..

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