Quotes from Ed Harris

You have to be willing to expose yourself, at least to yourself, to get to some kind of truth about a character.

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

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.

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.

Most of the best writing, the most creative writing, the most interesting, the most out-of-the-box kind of stuff, is being done on cable, you know, and on the computer. I mean, whatever it is, Amazon or Netflix or something. Because they're just willing to take chances, you know, and there's a market for it.

I have some property. We have a few acres, so I like working on it, whether it's cutting stuff down, cleaning stuff up, building steps, or working with concrete, you know, brickwork.

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

I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.

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

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.

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.

I listen to National Public Radio, which, to me at least, presents the most rounded view of things.

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