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
I can make a damn pork chop. My best dish is actually lasagna, which I do a couple times a year. My wife wishes I cooked a little bit more often, but I can put a frozen pizza in the oven and I make a good salad.
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
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
When I decided to direct, never having done that before, is something I'm very proud of
I hope to direct a few more films before I leave the planet, so I hope I can find the material.
You can't betray yourself too often, or you become somebody else
I've always wanted to work with Paul Newman. I had a couple opportunities in the past, and I didn't take advantage of it, so it was really fun to be working with him
You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil proceeds is behind much of the fighting
I was concerned about filling my life up with something important to me. To me, it was just necessary
It's hard to see a film that's been made from a book that you really loved because it's such a different experience
A lot of films come out before they're finished.
I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job.
For The Truman Show, I worked for a few weeks, do my gig, then I was done.
I feel like my place in this industry is still progressing.