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
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
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.
You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil proceeds is behind much of the fighting
When I decided to direct, never having done that before, is something I'm very proud of
I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.
I was this jock playing football and baseball for 20 years and had virtually no aesthetic development.
One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself
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.
We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented.
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'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 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 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.