You get three hours’ sleep and then you start all over again. Relentless. Pre-production was almost harder than filming. I was all over the city every day. It was really exhausting. – Ed Harris
I was concerned about filling my life up with something important to me. To me, it was just necessary. – Ed Harris
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. – Ed Harris
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. – Ed Harris
I listen to National Public Radio, which, to me at least, presents the most rounded view of things. – Ed Harris
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. – Ed Harris
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. – Ed Harris
I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing. – 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. – Ed Harris
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. – Ed Harris
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. – Ed Harris
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. – Ed Harris
In the past 10 years, I’ve looked at life as this Pollock stuff. And now I’m almost in the post Pollock phase. – Ed Harris
I have a tight family group that’s really important to me. I don’t want to work all the time. – Ed Harris
If I’m daring at all, I guess it would be emotionally. I try to keep things interesting for myself and to do things that challenge me. – Ed Harris
I had some really dear friends who died from AIDS-one in particular. His family wasn’t around and he didn’t have many friends. I spent a lot of time with him in his later days. – Ed Harris
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. – Ed Harris
One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself. – Ed Harris
