325 Quotes by Harrison Ford

I don’t want to be a movie star. I want to be in movies that are stars.

Work hard and figure out how to be useful and don’t try to imitate anybody else’s success. Figure out how to do it for yourself with yourself.

I think you have to be very careful with effects that they don’t overpower the story with the visual element.

I was one of the few people who thought Star Wars was going to work, and I hadn’t even seen any special effects.

You may get real tired watching me, but I’m not going to quit.

I had the idea that the film would be much better served by a Branch Rickey look-a-like than a Harrison Ford look-a-like. I didn’t want the audience to go into the film thinking that they knew me from some previous experience in the movies.

I accrued anger from people’s low opinion of me and my work, and for the work I might be capable of.

I don’t think nostalgia is very useful to me. There is a story to be told, there’s behaviour to create or to bring to the screen that will help tell that story, and nostalgia is just not really a big part of my emotional package.

I’m still interested in perfecting whatever talents I have and continuing to grow as an actor and continuing to be useful to the telling of the story.