Jared Harris
Jared Harris
Jared Francis Harrisis an English actor, best known for his roles as Lane Pryce on the AMC drama series Mad Men and David Robert Jones on the Fox science-fiction series Fringe. He has also appeared in films like Igby Goes Down, The Rachel Papers, Lost in Space, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog, Happiness, Mr. Deeds, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, and Lincoln...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth24 August 1961
people needs violence
One of the things that I was interested in about Moriarty was - he's so manipulative that he doesn't need to commit violence himself or kill people - he can get everyone to do what he needs to do. And sometimes they don't even know that they are being manipulated by him.
school waiting awful
I was 17, and all I wanted to do was to get away from England and the awful, boring boarding schools I'd been going to there. The last one was taught by monks, and I couldn't wait to get out.
mother children father
My father was a Catholic, but my mother wasn't. She had to do that weird deal you do as a Catholic - they deign to sanction your marriage and you have to bring your children up as Catholics.
looks graves grants
If you don't look like Rupert Graves or Hugh Grant, they'll have you playing the gardener.
people meals world
In the old patrician world there was a custom once a week you had to eat a meal with your slaves and get to know them as people.
done memento belt-buckles
I keep mementos from everything I've done.
children character evil
People are fascinated by evil because its mysterious and it doesnt seem to have a rationale behind it, and the second you say that Hannibal Lector was abducted as a child and he had to eat his sister or something like that, it becomes immediately mundane. The character becomes mundane.
ideas people
You get ideas from other people all the time.
thinking important scare
If you only take parts that are offered to you, you end up playing the same roles over and over again. I think it's important to keep auditioning. I think it's important to scare yourself; to take parts that are outside of your comfort zone.
glasses cab-drivers done
I keep mementos from everything I've done. I've got my cab driver's license from 'Happiness.' I've got a pair of glasses and a belt buckle from playing John Lennon. I've got a pair of sunglasses from playing Andy Warhol... It's all in a box in the garage.
know-me ifs knows
I thought if I went somewhere where I didn't know anybody and they didn't know me I could start all over again.
parent would-be roles
I never lost an argument and my parents assumed I would be a lawyer. They cast me in that role.