Ed Harris Quotes

I'm afraid that what most people don't know about me is that I'm very close to my brother and sister, who are 16 and 13, and I think I'm a pretty good big sister to them.

Only do acting, if you don't want to do anything else. And know that it's a tough journey with a lot of rejection along the way. You have to have a lot of self-belief.

I would say only be an actress if you genuinely feel the calling, because it's a tough profession.

I really like Roland Moret, Alexander McQueen and Marios Schwab, a young British designer.

I never ever thought that I would be in a Bond film, ever, which is weird because I grew up loving these amazing movies.

I'm absolutely loving being part of Bondiana, and that not only am I a Bond girl, but I get to be an agent as well.

It is great to be a part of big-budget movies, but it is harder to feel like you are contributing, in the sense that it has such big machinery behind it.

People have very strong opinions about how their national icons should be played.

You don't want to just preach to people; you want to get them emotionally involved, and I think you do that with a wonderful human story about one person's struggle.

When I started out in the profession, it was definitely about proving that I was worthy, but after achieving a certain amount of success, I realized I didn't have to prove anything to anybody.

Be open and honest, but perceptive to your boss's situation. That's my advice to graduates worried about working with a new boss.

I'm not the greatest driver. I don't know if I'll ever master the art.

I love Sam Mendes. He's a fantastic director.

I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!

I don't think I have the assets to play the more traditional Bond Girl.

Getting to travel around the world and go to glamorous locations is certainly not what I had as a kid.

For some reason I just lack that ability to be embarrassed about going up to people. I even do it for friends if they want to ask someone out.

To have the kind of success I have had is really amazing, and I am incredibly grateful.

I don't why I was bullied. I was quite shy and skinny. Very nerdy, very bookwormish. I think I was just a target.

I collect puppet stuff. I have a puppet workshop in my garage. I was looking for any opportunity to be able to get very creatively involved in that world.

I remember thinking that the rest of my life would be solo. I wasn’t weepy when I thought that - it was just a realization that I had gone this long being self-sufficient.

I would not dream of taking on Tobey Maguire. Plus, he's a talented and nice guy, and I have nothing but nice things to say about him.

I grew up being educated by Sesame Street and gained a sense of humor from The Muppet Show. I'd give my right foot to be able to do a scene or two with the Muppets.

Jim Henson was the only piece of fan mail I ever wrote when I was a little kid.

I’m a nerdy, geeky fan of Labyrinth and Dark Crystal.

I'm having a ball. I just walk in, make some funnies and walk out, no pressure.

Babies just change everything. You have to become super-selfless and super-tired and super-amenable to change. They just change all the time.

When you have twin four-year-olds, you are able to dance like a fool, often. And I do.

I'm a big proponent of monogamous relationships regardless of sexuality, and I'm proud of how the nation is steering toward that.

Thankfully I've been quite lucky in my career, but it's always good to re-evaluate things and think about what else you want to do.

Oh sure, now you like him [after the audience applaud David Oyelowo].

I don't know, on a sitcom, and in theatre especially, you have to really be listening to an audience. And if you're losing them, you can hear the sniffs, and the playbills shuffling and whatnot.

I want to be able to infuse some youthful energy and comedy while appreciating the generations before.

What I enjoy so much about the Tonys' uniqueness is that anyone who's tuning in has an interest in seeing the show, so our job is halfway done.

I think when dance is mediocre, it's painful. But when dance is really impressive, it destroys.

I'm a very lucky man in this chapter of my professional life, 'cause I get to do jobs with wildly different skill sets.

The discipline of live theater - doing the same perfect thing night after night, eight times a week - never ceases to amaze me

I have a very large forehead. I have a pronounced skull. Maybe producers think that there is a lot going on up in there.

Charlie Sheen is who again? Denise is engaged?

Chef's choice is my favorite. I'm super adventurous.

There are so many examples of talented actors working today, no matter how they live their private lives. I'm lucky that people believe me when I'm in character.

Before babies, I worked very hard to make sure I understood my surroundings and figured out where I fit in the world, whether it was at work or in a social situation.

I love the 'So You Think You Can Dance' show. I love it. I think it's some of the best hours on TV.

I do a lot of books on tape for Beverly Cleary, and another 'Smurfs' shout-out for that demographic.

A cardio-funk class - I should have at least taken one of those. But it's always terrified me. I'm never one to be a dancer on the dance floor, even at a bar or a club.

I get to choose things that interest me as opposed to trying to get any job that will have me, which for a vast majority of actors is the case.

I've gotten to hang out with Elmo, I'm the Fairy Shoeperson on 'Sesame Street'. So hopefully our kids will get to see and hear me as much as they're able.

If you don't have any ties to the music industry, you just love 'American Idol,' you can sit there and do exactly what you do in your living room, which is stare at them and judge them.

Starship Troopers was great. It was great fun to work on something with blue screens and big budget special effects. Denise Richards was nice to look at too, of course.

American Sniper focuses on a soldier with 160 kills, or as Harvey Weinstein calls it, a slow morning.