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The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played Puck. That's when I said, 'I want to be an actor.'


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ED HELMS You take a vacation to a place like Thailand and you're ready for the excitement of something ne...
ED HELMS I'm not an activist per se, but I have strong feelings about things. People can jump on celebrit...
ED HARRIS I was concerned about filling my life up with something important to me. To me, it was just necessar...
ED HARRIS I like to act with people that know what they're doing.
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 I had some really dear friends who died from AIDS-one in particular. His family wasn't around an...
ED HARRIS I feel like my place in this industry is still progressing.
ED HARRIS I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.
ED HARRIS For The Truman Show, I worked for a few weeks, do my gig, then I was done.
ED HARRIS A lot of films come out before they're finished.
ED HARRIS If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn...
ED HARRIS I have some property. We have a few acres, so I like working on it, whether it's cutting stuff d...
ED HARRIS I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fasc...
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