Ed Harris famous quotes

One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself
-- Ed Harris

#Acting #Firsts #Persons

I can make a damn pork chop. My best dish is actually lasagna, which I do a couple times a year. My wife wishes I cooked a little bit more often, but I can put a frozen pizza in the oven and I make a good salad.
-- Ed Harris

#Couple #Years #Wife

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

#Thinking #People #Way

I hope to direct a few more films before I leave the planet, so I hope I can find the material.
-- Ed Harris

#Film #Planets #Materials

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

#People #Matter #Intriguing

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

#Strong #Believe #People

You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil proceeds is behind much of the fighting
-- Ed Harris

#Religious #Fighting #Oil

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

#Important #Filling #Concerned

It's hard to see a film that's been made from a book that you really loved because it's such a different experience
-- Ed Harris

#Book #Different #Film

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

#Careers #Decision #Made

I listen to National Public Radio, which, to me at least, presents the most rounded view of things.
-- Ed Harris

#Views #Radio

I have a tight family group that's really important to me. I don't want to work all the time.
-- Ed Harris

#Important #Groups #Want

I like to act with people that know what they're doing.
-- Ed Harris

#People

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

#Aids #Dear Friend #Dear

I feel like my place in this industry is still progressing.
-- Ed Harris

#Progress #Feels #Stills

You get three hours' sleep and then you start all over again. Relentless. Pre-production was almost harder than filming. I was all over the city every day. It was really exhausting.
-- Ed Harris

#Sleep #Cities #Three

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.
-- Ed Harris

#Jobs #Moving #Thinking

Hippy, you think everything is a conspiracy. Everything is!
-- Ed Harris

#Thinking #Cynical #Miserable

When Bush first got elected, the very first time there was talk of going to war with Iraq, the mainstream media gave his position total credibility. I didn't get it then, and I don't get it now
-- Ed Harris

#War #Media #Iraq

Seeing what happens when you rip yourself open is what your job is all about
-- Ed Harris

#Jobs #Rip

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

#Couple #Fun #Past

You can't betray yourself too often, or you become somebody else
-- Ed Harris

#Betray

We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented.
-- Ed Harris

#Reality #World #Accepting

You look at a guy like Lance Armstrong, and you have to be inspired. I sat next to Kirk Douglas the other day, and he's inspiring for fighting through his stroke
-- Ed Harris

#Fighting #Guy #Looks

There's always a reaction based on fear. People assume if you're criticizing a decision to go to war, then you're saying something against the soldiers-which is not the case
-- Ed Harris

#War #People #Decision

I havent even been drinking, but, at all, but, you know, being a man, Ive got to say that weve got this guy in the White House who thinks he is a man, you know, who projects himself as a man because he has a certain masculinity, and he's a good old boy, and he used to drink, and he knows how to shoot a gun and how to drive a pickup truck, etcetera like that. Thats not the definition of a man, God Dammit!
-- Ed Harris

#Drinking #Thinking #Gun

A lot of films come out before they're finished.
-- Ed Harris

#Film

I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job.
-- Ed Harris

#Jobs #Guy

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

#Done #Gigs #Truman Show

When I decided to direct, never having done that before, is something I'm very proud of
-- Ed Harris

#Done #Proud #Direct