Ed Harris
Ed Harris
Edward Allen "Ed" Harrisis an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. He is known for his performances in films such as The Right Stuff, The Abyss, Glengarry Glen Ross, Nixon, The Rock, A Beautiful Mind, Enemy at the Gates, Radio, A History of Violence, Gone Baby Gone, The Way Back, Man on a Ledge, Gravity, and Run All Night. Harris is set to star in Alejandro G. Iñárritu's upcoming Starz drama series The One Percent...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth28 November 1950
CityEnglewood, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
You can't betray yourself too often, or you become somebody else
When I decided to direct, never having done that before, is something I'm very proud of
You look at a guy like Lance Armstrong, and you have to be inspired. I sat next to Kirk Douglas the other day, and he's inspiring for fighting through his stroke
There's always a reaction based on fear. People assume if you're criticizing a decision to go to war, then you're saying something against the soldiers-which is not the case
I havent even been drinking, but, at all, but, you know, being a man, Ive got to say that weve got this guy in the White House who thinks he is a man, you know, who projects himself as a man because he has a certain masculinity, and he's a good old boy, and he used to drink, and he knows how to shoot a gun and how to drive a pickup truck, etcetera like that. Thats not the definition of a man, God Dammit!
I'm not an activist per se, but I have strong feelings about things. People can jump on celebrities for being ill-informed or naive, but I've got a right to say what I believe
I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.
We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented.
I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.
One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself
In the past 10 years, I've looked at life as this Pollock stuff. And now I'm almost in the post Pollock phase.
If I'm daring at all, I guess it would be emotionally. I try to keep things interesting for myself and to do things that challenge me.
I love this country very much, and I'm proud to live here, but I think our current administration is extreme. These are not merely conservative people, these are extreme right-wing people.
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.