The 70 best famous quotes by Harrison Ford

A unique actor. We review famous quotes from both Harrison and his legendary films.

Harrison Ford (Chicago, 1942) is an American actor and film director, famous for many of his roles.

Almost always by the hand of director George Lucas, the Star Wars saga and Indiana Jones made Harrison Ford one of the most versatile and profitable actors in Hollywood. He also appeared in films like Ridley Scott's Blade Runner and other cult films we all remember.

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Harrison Ford Quotes

To pay tribute to this peerless actor, we have proposed a journey through his thoughts with the best quotes of Harrison Ford..

If we have forgotten any famous quotes that you consider noteworthy, please add them in the comments section.

For me, success is choice and opportunity.

That's Harrison Ford's thoughts on the joys of success.

2. You have lived but not enjoyed life.

If you don't enjoy what you do, maybe your existence is skewed.

I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last moments he loved life more intensely than ever, not just his life, anyone's life, my life. And all he wanted were the same answers as the rest of us: where did I come from, where am I going, how much time do I have left? All I could do was stand there and watch him die.

One of the most memorable lines from the movie Blade Runner.

4. It's painful to live in fear, isn't it? There's nothing worse than feeling itchy and not being able to scratch.

About the no relief that comes with living in anguish.

5. All he asked himself were the same answers the rest of us are looking for. Where did I come from? Where am I going? How much time do I have? All I could do was sit back and watch it die.

An alternative translation of the mythical phrase from Blade Runner.

6. Competition drives innovation.

Excellence derived from the race to amass finite resources.

7. I am on the eve of a revolution, and it is something you will never be able to copy.

A reflection on the air.

8. You're just a bunch of old men playing hard to get.

About himself and other professional colleagues.

9. If you want to be a good archaeologist, you have to get out of the library.

Knowledge is worthless if it is not practical.

10. My goal was to work regularly. I never expected to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working actor.

To turn acting into a profession, his first desire.

11. The important thing is to be able to see yourself, I think, that you have in common with other people and not to determine, because of your good fortune, that everyone is less important, less interesting, less important than they are.

About how we perceive others.

12. I'm like old shoes. I've never been on my hip. I think the reason I'm still here is that I was never enough so that I had to be replaced by something new.

About your own life.

13. I've never had much of a focus in my career. I am aware that now it does not give me much pleasure.

His main concern has never been the work aspect.

14. My character doesn't intend to know anything about rap, and doesn't like it very much, but I know about it because my kids make me listen to it. There is some rap that I like a lot. I like Eminem, Blackalicious.

About one of his roles.

15. My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.

Ironic phrase about his role as a father in real life.

16. I think retirement is for old people. I'm still in business, thank you. I have a nine-year-old, and I want to live as long as I can to see him grow up. I'm enjoying my life and want to stay as long as I can.

As long as I can hold on, I will continue to perform.

17. I think what a lot of action movies lose these days, especially the ones that have to do with fantasy, is to stop caring at some point because you've lost the human scale.

A criticism of this film genre.

18. With CGI, suddenly there are a thousand enemies instead of six - the army is going over the horizon. You don't need that. The audience loses its relationship to the threat on the screen. That's something that happens constantly and it makes these movies, like video games and that's a soulless enterprise. It's all kinetic with no emotion.

Another constructive observation towards Hollywood movies.

19. The trick to this thing and the beauty of it is that it's a cowboy movie first and then things happen. Even after things happen it doesn't change - it suddenly hasn't changed into another kind of movie. It's still a cowboy movie. And that's the amazing thing about it because no one's done it before, it's new territory.

About one of your films.

20. I have the common experience of being anonymous when I'm on a plane talking to air traffic control, and they don't know who they're talking to. I have a lot of common experiences.

Despite his worldwide fame, he keeps certain moments to camouflage himself as a normal person.

21. Playing a character is my job. Don't confuse me with the guy on the screen.

He has nothing to do with the characters he plays.

22. I think I've lived with my own decisions and have learned to deal with criticism, with my own judgment of the things I do without being affected.

Your own judgment in everything you do.

23. I've always kept the anxiety alive, the ambition to do different things, but my involvement with this through Han Solo means a lot to me. It was a huge gift to me as an actor.

On one of the most legendary roles in his career.

24. I'm still interested in taking risks, in giving votes of confidence to the films I work on.

One of those phrases of Harrison Ford that summarizes his interest in the seventh art.

25. This is a pretty dangerous profession. You have to know that every time you go out to play a new character it's a risk and a challenge.

Even with the pressure to fail, you have to do your best.

26. I like the challenge of doing new things, problem solving, that aspect of filmmaking, working with people to find the best way to express an idea.

Open to new possibilities and projects.

27. I'm not nostalgic and I don't miss what came before at all. I'm more about thinking about the future than the past.

About your previous life.

28. I have always done different things along the way besides franchises. That's what I do, I diversify, so I don't worry about getting stuck with one character.

On his way of managing his profession.

29. I try to focus on my life, my family, my opportunities.

Your philosophy of life, in a nutshell.

30. I enjoy watching what I've done, but once I've finished a film, I rarely watch it again. It stays there.

He doesn't enjoy replaying his old films over and over again.

31. There is a great need to pool resources to protect nature, to serve man.

An environmental quote from the great Harrison Ford.

32. I am not interested in other people's opinions about what I have done in the past because they have nothing to do with me.

Self-confident and averse to uninformed criticism.

33. I believe in marriage. I believe in fidelity. And I also believe that human beings are far from perfect, so infidelity is not a surprising phenomenon.

Reflecting on relationships and the human condition.

34. We have major problems of a political nature, the morality of living in a world with scarce resources. There is a world of problems, although I am much more interested in the solutions than the problems.

A pragmatic view of life.

35. I am vain, but not about my appearance, but about my work.

In the right measure.

36. I like to work hard and I like to do it for someone who is a perfectionist and self-confident.

One of those Harrison Ford's phrases that show his courageous spirit.

37. Acting is a bit like carpentry. It's a matter of details, some sense of logic and some practical knowledge.

Craftsmanship and common sense.

38. I have traveled this galaxy from one end to the other, I have seen some very strange things, but I never saw anything that prompted me to believe that there is a single powerful force that controls everything. No mystical energy field controls my destiny. All of that is nothing but legends and nonsense.

From Star Wars.

39. I wanted to live life, a different life. I didn't want to go to the same place every day and see the same people and do the same work. I wanted interesting challenges.

About his dream of being a person with a different and exciting life.

40. Actually, I didn't want to find it... because we were being hunted. I didn't want our son to be found... to be dismembered or dissected. Sometimes, to love someone... you have to be a stranger.

Mythical phrase from the movie Blade Runner.

41. I taught them how to encrypt the files, how to cover their tracks. Everyone had their role... mine was to leave. Then came the Blackout, and it obfuscated everything. I wouldn't have been able to find the boy.

Another excerpt of dialogue from Blade Runner.

42. Too many questions. I had your job, and it was good... why are you making it so complicated?

From Blade Runner.

43. What happened? I hid my trail, encrypted the records. We were being hunted!

Excerpt from the sequel to Blade Runner.

44. You're a cop. I had your job once, I was good at it... What do you want?

Another dialogue from the new Blade Runner sequel.

45. Replicants are like any other machine, they can be a benefit or a danger... if they're a benefit, it's none of my business.

Also taken from Blade Runner.

46. It's fun to go to work even if you're not surrounded by good people.

He loves the profession so much that he feels that way.

47. No one would have imagined that 32 years later I would be dressing up as Han Solo again. This saga has given me incredible opportunities and, thanks to that smuggler, I've had work all my life.

About Star Wars.

48. The later we do it, the less luck we'll have.

In life you have to take risks without fear.

49. The update of the shield is fractional, if an object travels at less than the speed of light, it does not pass through it.

One of those Harrison Ford's phrases extracted from his films.

50. That's why I was leaving... that's how you thought of me.

A key to seduction.

51. Listen, influential. You have another problem, women always find out the truth, always.

A maxim for dealing with them.

52. I used to wonder if the Jedi are real. They just seemed like simple nonsense to me. A magical power uniting the good with the bad, the Dark Side with the Light. The point is... it's true. The Force, the Jedi... it's all... it's all true.

About Star Wars.

53. I never question something until after I've done it.

If you don't try it, how do you know it's bad?

54. What will I do? What I do best, escape using my charm. If I do, it never fails.

About your conquering gifts.

55. The British care so much about their empire, they make us feel like well-cared-for children.

About the English empire.

56. We all have great changes in our lives which are more or less a second chance.

About the future and expectations.

57. Nature does not need people; people need nature; nature would survive the extinction of human beings and go on well, but human culture, human beings, cannot survive without nature.

An ode to Mother Nature.

58. Bicycles and airplanes are not about going fast or having fun; they are toys, but serious ones.

Funny quote from Ford about these two modes of transportation.

59. Am I grumpy? I could be. But I think it's sometimes misunderstood.

He is serious, and sometimes he is misunderstood.

60. You may get very tired of seeing me, but I'm not going to quit.

Thus spoke Ford.

61. Some actors could not understand how to resist constant rejection. They couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Beginnings in the acting scene are really hard.

62. I don't do celebrity endorsements. My work with Conservation International is a good use of whatever celebrity I have to bring attention to important issues. I have the same responsibility as everyone else to reduce consumption and teach children to respect the environment.

About your humanitarian work.

63. I don't do a lot of physical activity. I play tennis, work sporadically and eat well and take care of myself.

About her great physical condition and health.

64. The kindest word to describe my performance in school was "lazy".

Ironic phrase with which he describes his personality as a student.

65. Seriously, what are the choices? Levi's or Wranglers. And you only choose one. It's one of those life choices.

About consumerism.

66. If you ask me to acknowledge that I've aged, I can do it.

No rings off your fingertips.

67. I love the comic opportunities that arise in the context of a parent-child relationship.

A beautiful phrase about fatherhood.

68. The actor's popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.

The public is very harsh in judging actors.

69. I retire every time I finish a film. Then I come back. You know, I like to sleep. But I love working; it's fun for me as long as it remains fun and I'm tolerated by the people around me, I'll do it.

Your view on your own career, at present.

70. I enjoyed carpentry, and it was very good to me for 12 years.

Your beginnings were linked to this noble craft.