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Quotes by Jared Harris

Jared Harris

“Very few movies Ive done I regret being involved in.”

“I was stuck in boarding school when I was seven years old and I knew that the only way to get out was to go pass your exams, so I studied.”

“There are many cases where the direction of the play comes from within the cast of actors, especially in terms of the choices in performance.”

“I honestly thought Warhol was a bit of a fraud. [But] once you get into it, you understand why he was revolutionary. He is the modern idea of what fame is. He did to himself what the old studio system did to its stars - package it, make it accessible.”

“I think you always learn something in every character you play onstage, either personally or creatively.”

“If you dont look like Rupert Graves or Hugh Grant, theyll have you playing the gardener.”

“You get ideas from other people all the time.”

I keep mementos from everything Ive done. Ive got my cab drivers license from Happiness. Ive got a pair of glasses and a belt buckle from playing John Lennon. Ive got a pair of sunglasses from playing Andy Warhol... Its all in a box in the garage.