Harrison Ford (b.1942) is an American actor who rose to prominence in action-adventure movies. Ford is internationally famous for his leading roles in George Lucas’s Star Wars and Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones series of films.
Ford made his screen début in 1966 and played minor parts a few films. He took up carpentry as a career when he had no acting offers. He then appeared in George Lucas’s American Graffiti (1973) and Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation (1974)—these films established him as a consummate character actor.
Ford has starred in many highest-grossing films in history. He is recognized for having the most box-office earnings of any performer in entertainment history worldwide.
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I’m an assistant storyteller. It’s like being a waiter or a gas-station attendant, but I’m waiting on six million people a week, if I’m lucky.
—Harrison Ford
Topics: Actors, Acting
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
—Harrison Ford
Topics: Change
Being happy is something you have to learn. I often surprise myself by saying “Wow, this is it. I guess I’m happy. I got a home I love. A career that I love. I’m even feeling more and more at peace with myself.” If there’s something else to happiness, let me know. I’m ambitious for that, too.
—Harrison Ford
Topics: Joy
Being happy is something you have to learn. I often surprise myself by Saying, “Wow, this is it. I guess I’m happy. I’ve got a home that I love. A career that I love. I’m even feeling more and more at peace with myself”. If there’s something else to happiness, let me know. I’m ambitious for that, too.
—Harrison Ford
Topics: Happiness
Peace is not the absence of war but the presence of justice.
—Harrison Ford
Topics: One liners, Absence
I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn’t give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you.
—Harrison Ford
Topics: Perseverance, Resolve, Endurance
Acting was a way out at first. A way out of not knowing what to do, a way of focusing ambitions. And the ambition wasn’t for fame. The ambition was to do an interesting job.
—Harrison Ford
Topics: Motivation
All I would tell people is to hold on to what was individual about themselves, not to allow their ambition for success to cause them to try to imitate the success of others. You’ve got to find in on your own terms.
—Harrison Ford
Topics: Appropriateness, Aptness, Success
Hard work and a proper frame of mind prepare you for the lucky breaks that come along—or don’t.
—Harrison Ford
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