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'm an actor who loves to direct film, if I find something that I'm compelled to do and want to spend three or four years doing. I really love the process, though. I might have to just say, "Yeah, I want to direct that," because I want to direct something, but that's just not the way my being is. It's got to be a necessity for me, otherwise I'll just keep acting.
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.
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
I listen to National Public Radio, which, to me at least, presents the most rounded view of things.
I have a tight family group that's really important to me. I don't want to work all the time.
You have to be willing to expose yourself, at least to yourself, to get to some kind of truth about a character.
I feel like my place in this industry is still progressing.
A lot of films come out before they're finished.
I was concerned about filling my life up with something important to me. To me, it was just necessary
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'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'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
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