Harrison Ford is one of those iconic actors that goes hand in hand with sporting a rugged level of undeniable charisma alongside a seemingly effortless level of screen presence. He truly is one of those most widely beloved celebrities of all time. Ford is best known for his portrayal of exceptionally captivating characters like Han Solo in Star Wars, as well as Indiana Jones. We’ll go ahead and take a look at some of the most memorable quotes that he left behind.
1. On people’s impact on nature
“Nature doesn’t need people – people need nature; nature would survive the extinction of the human being and go on just fine, but human culture, human beings, cannot survive without nature.”
2. On not being consumed by ego
“What’s important is to be able to see yourself, I think, as having commonality with other people and not determine, because of your good luck, that everybody is less significant, less interesting, less important than you are.”
3. On seeking adventure
“I wanted to live the 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 job. I wanted interesting challenges.”
4. On nostalgia
“I don’t do nostalgia. It just doesn’t occur to me. I’m living in the moment, and I don’t have that gene.”
5. On not trying to be hip
“I’m like old shoes. I’ve never been hip. I think the reason I’m still here is that I was never enough in fashion that I had to be replaced by something new.”
6. On flying be meditative
“The focus and the concentration and the attention to detail that flying takes is a kind of meditation. I find it restful and engaging, and other things slip away.”
7. On an actor’s popularity
“The actor’s popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.”
8. On ad-libbing
“Sometimes I try to improve the language, the lines, or the delivery, but I don’t ad-lib because I think that makes it really hard for everybody else involved.”
9. On success
“To me, success is choice and opportunity.”
10. On learning how to act
“It took me a long time to figure out how to act, and how to conduct myself in the business so I could get what I felt I needed to support my potential and give them what they wanted.”
11. On loving flying
“I fly myself everywhere. I like all kinds of flying, including practical flying for search and rescue. And I also like to fly into the backcountry, usually the Frank Church Wilderness in Idaho. I go with a group of friends, and we set up camp for about five days and explore little dirt strips and canyons.”
12. On navigating rejection
“Some actors couldn’t figure out how to withstand the constant rejection. They couldn’t see the light at the end of the tunnel.”
13. On lying
“The third time you say a thing it sounds like a lie.”
14. On changing as you age
“I am not the first man who wanted to make changes in his life at 60 and I won’t be the last. It is just that others can do it with anonymity.”
15. On retirement
“I think retirement’s for old people. I’m still in the business, thank you. I have a young child of nine years old, and I want to live as long as I can to see him grow up. I’m enjoying my life and I want to stick around for as long as I can.”
16. On actors vs. directors
“It’s part of the job of the actor to torture the director.”
17. On working with talented people
“It’s a privilege to be able to be involved with people as talented as the people I’ve had the luck to work with, and it’s just been a great experience for me, and I’m glad that so many of the films I’ve had the luck to do were films that could be enjoyed by families together.”
18. On respecting nature
“We have to understand in value what the services of nature are so that we can understand that degrading them is an irreplaceable resource that no amount of money or human ingenuity can replace.”
