Jared Harris famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

People are fascinated by evil because its mysterious and it doesnt seem to have a rationale behind it, and the second you say that Hannibal Lector was abducted as a child and he had to eat his sister or something like that, it becomes immediately mundane. The character becomes mundane.
-- Jared Harris

#Children #Character #People
I keep mementos from everything I've done.
-- Jared Harris

#Done #Memento
My father was a Catholic, but my mother wasn't. She had to do that weird deal you do as a Catholic - they deign to sanction your marriage and you have to bring your children up as Catholics.
-- Jared Harris

#Mother #Children #Father
If you don't look like Rupert Graves or Hugh Grant, they'll have you playing the gardener.
-- Jared Harris

#Looks #Graves #Gardener
I think you always learn something in every character you play onstage, either personally or creatively.
-- Jared Harris

#Character #Thinking #Play
You get ideas from other people all the time.
-- Jared Harris

#Ideas #People
I was 17, and all I wanted to do was to get away from England and the awful, boring boarding schools I'd been going to there. The last one was taught by monks, and I couldn't wait to get out.
-- Jared Harris

#School #Waiting #Taught
I keep mementos from everything I've done. I've got my cab driver's license from 'Happiness.' I've got a pair of glasses and a belt buckle from playing John Lennon. I've got a pair of sunglasses from playing Andy Warhol... It's all in a box in the garage.
-- Jared Harris

#Glasses #Done #Pairs
I've done quite a lot of dying on shows and in movies. To have a good death scene though - come on, it's brilliant. I love a good death scene!
-- Jared Harris

#Dying #Done #Brilliant
I wasn't aware of my dad being an actor when I was young. I remember there was an Australian children's entertainer on television called Ralph Harris and when I'd say my father was an actor, kids would say, you know, 'oh, is he Ralph Harris?' And I had to say no and then they would lose interest.
-- Jared Harris

#Dad #Children #Father
I thought if I went somewhere where I didn't know anybody and they didn't know me I could start all over again.
-- Jared Harris

#Know Me
I've auditioned for normal characters. But I never get cast.
-- Jared Harris

#Character #Normal #Casts
I think at some point every actor has practiced their acceptance speech while they're having a shower. It's fun.
-- Jared Harris

#Fun #Acceptance #Thinking
I remember thinking, 'I'll audition just once and if it doesn't work out I'll never think about it ever again.'
-- Jared Harris

#Thinking #Work Out #Auditions
I really wanted to get out of England.
-- Jared Harris

#England #Wanted
I never lost an argument and my parents assumed I would be a lawyer. They cast me in that role.
-- Jared Harris

#Parent #Would Be #Roles
Very few movies I've done I regret being involved in.
-- Jared Harris

#Regret #Done #I Regret

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