Ed Harris

“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 think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!”

“For The Truman Show, I worked for a few weeks, do my gig, then I was done.”

“In the past 10 years, I've looked at life as this Pollock stuff. And now I'm almost in the post Pollock phase.”

“I feel like my place in this industry is still progressing.”

“I haven't directed a film since 'Appaloosa,' and I've been looking for something because I love the directing thing.”

“I actually have a decent singing voice, and I've never been able to sing onscreen. I'd love to do a musical.”

“I enjoy acting, and I appreciate people who have passion about what they're doing and have a vision about the film they're trying to make.”

“I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.”

“Pollock said several times that he couldn't separate himself from his art. Not knowing much about modern art when I began to read about him, I was much more his persona - his struggles as a human being - that was interesting to me.”

“If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later.”

“I feel pretty comfortable with who I am. After a while, if you're not, it's like, what are you hoping for?”

“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.”

“I have a tight family group that's really important to me. I don't want to work all the time.”

“If I've been an architect of my own career in any fashion, one thing that I've attempted to do is not get typecast, in order to be able to play all different kind of characters. I think I've done a pretty good job of that over the years.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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 love this country very much, and I'm proud to live here, but I think our current administration is extreme. These are not merely conservative people, these are extreme right-wing people.”

“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.”