American - Actor | November 28, 1950 -
One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.
Ed Harris
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I actually have a decent singing voice, and I've never been able to sing onscreen. I'd love to do a musical.
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I was born in 1950, so there were tons of Westerns on TV by the time I was 6, 7, 8 years old. In terms of television, 'Maverick' and 'Have Gun - Will Travel.' But filmically, classics like 'High Noon' and 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' - that's one of my favorite films.
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You can't betray yourself too often, or you become somebody else.
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Most of the best writing, the most creative writing, the most interesting, the most out-of-the-box kind of stuff, is being done on cable, you know, and on the computer. I mean, whatever it is, Amazon or Netflix or something. Because they're just willing to take chances, you know, and there's a market for it.
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I feel pretty comfortable with who I am. After a while, if you're not, it's like, what are you hoping for?
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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.
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Pollock said several times that he couldn't separate himself from his art. Not knowing much about modern art when I began to read about him, I was much more his persona - his struggles as a human being - that was interesting to me.
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A lot of films come out before they're finished.
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For The Truman Show, I worked for a few weeks, do my gig, then I was done.
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I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job.
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I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.
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