Harrison Ford Net Worth

Harrison Ford's Quotes

• It's a little-known fact, but I wanted Han Solo to die at the end of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983). I thought it would give more weight and resonance. But George Lucas wasn't sympathetic. He didn't want me killed by those teddy bear guys.
• [to theater owners in Las Vegas] I'll make you a deal. I'll try to keep making films that put people in your theatre seats and you try to keep their shoes from sticking to the floor.
• [on being a leading man] I'm like a fireman. When I go out on a call, I want to put out a big fire, I don't want to put out a fire in a dumpster.
• I used to shake my head, as in "No, I just look like him." But that's not fair. So I said to those little old ladies at Trenton Airport, "Yes, I am Harrison Ford." And they still didn't believe it was me.
• [on playing Indiana Jones again in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)] No one wants to see a hero have to pick up his cane to hit someone, but I'm still quite fit enough to fake it.

Interesting Facts about Harrison Ford

1. In 1995, he was chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#15).
2. He was a master carpenter before becoming a movie star, a craft he still does as a hobby.
3. He revealed on Late Show with David Letterman (1993) that he has some false teeth; two were pulled by a dentist after some others were damaged when he fell on a gun during a stunt for a television appearance early in his career.
4. He provided the whip-cracks on the song "Desperation Samba (Halloween in Tijuana)" for Jimmy Buffett's album "Last Mango in Paris".
5. He is a private pilot, single engine fixed wing and helicopter. He owns a Bonanza, Gulfstream IV, DeHavland Beaver, and Bell 407 helicopter. Destroyed first 407 during simulated "engine-out" practice. Regularly flies himself between New York City and Wyoming homes. Has a loft in Tribeca, New York City.
6. In 1998, he was chosen as People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive.
7. In October 1997, he was ranked #1 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.
8. In 1997, he was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.
9. On 19 December 1996, he was listed as one of 50 people barred from entering Tibet. Disney clashed with Chinese officials over the film Kundun (1997), which Ford's second wife, Melissa Mathison, wrote.
10. He studied at Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin, but left without obtaining a degree.
11. His ex-wife, Melissa Mathison, wrote the screenplay for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982).
12. He considers The Mosquito Coast (1986) to be the favorite of all his movies.
13. He lives in a white-painted ranch house that he built himself in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
14. He has a scar on his chin which he got in 1968 when he tried to "buckle up" while already driving, and lost control of the car. The scar has been explained in two of his films: in the River Phoenix introductory sequence in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), an inexperienced young Indy hits himself in the chin the first time he tries to use the whip; and in Working Girl (1988), he first says that he got the scar in a knife fight, then admits that the true story is that he knocked his chin on a toilet after fainting during an ear-piercing.
15. He was billed as Harrison J. Ford until 1970 for less confusion between him and silent-screen actor Harrison Ford. He actually has no middle name.
16. While attending Ripon College, Ford appeared as Mac the Knife in the musical play "The Threepenny Opera".
17. He is the older brother of Terence Ford.
18. On 31 July 2000, he piloted his helicopter to rescue dehydrated 20-year-old hiker Sarah George from Table Mountain near his ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
19. He turned down the romance-action film Proof of Life (2000) (the Russell Crowe role), the summer-blockbuster The Perfect Storm (2000) (the George Clooney role), and finally, another summer-blockbuster, the war-epic The Patriot (2000) (the Mel Gibson role). Ford has said The Patriot was "too violent" for his tastes, especially considering that many children were killed and endangered throughout the film. He told People magazine that he also turned down the film because he felt the story was too simple: "The Revolutionary War boiled down to one man seeking revenge".
20. He replaced Kevin Costner in Air Force One (1997) after Kevin had to turn the part down with still being heavily involved in filming The Postman (1997) and suggested Harrison for the part.