Harrison Ford on Daily Show
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Also, didn't he look like he was just a little lost?? A couple of times he just mugged for the camera instead of responding? Yeesh!!
I saw him at a Q&A for the awful Firewall, and he had trouble putting thoughts into complete sentences. The moderator asked him for any stories from the set of the movie, and he couldn't think of any. The moderator then asked, somewhat pleadingly, for a fun story from any movie of his, and he still couldn't think of one.
He may do a great angry/smart-sounding guy with a memorized script, but boy, he's either paralyzingly shy, has slowed way down in his advanced years or is surprisingly thick, because talking is not his strong suit.
He may do a great angry/smart-sounding guy with a memorized script, but boy, he's either paralyzingly shy, has slowed way down in his advanced years or is surprisingly thick, because talking is not his strong suit.
A lot of performers are like that, though. Tongue-tied when 'being themselves'. It's not that surprising really. Not being able to extemporise to a camera is more common than you think. I couldn't do it to save my life and I'm not thick. The fact that television is populated with people who are very good at it skews our expectations of all performers.
Christopher LLoyd is similar to that. He's also a very quiet guy if you've seen him in interviews.
Ford has never really been good at interviews, so none of this is new.
Ford always seemed like a real down to earth guy to me. He's a volunteer helicopter search and rescue pilot and worked as a carpenter early in his career. He's often said that he views his work as a craft instead of an art.
He's not thick, he just feels awkward in an interview setting.
Ford always seemed like a real down to earth guy to me. He's a volunteer helicopter search and rescue pilot and worked as a carpenter early in his career. He's often said that he views his work as a craft instead of an art.
He's not thick, he just feels awkward in an interview setting.
It's not that unusual. I've seen interviews with William Shatner where he does the same thing. Check out his interviews on the Star Trek IV and V DVD's, and you'll see what I mean.
I thought he was pretty good on The Daily Show. He hates interviews and has always been really uncomfortable doing them, but he seemed to at least be having some fun with Jon Stewart.
"Harrison Ford is shy" is no news at all.
Yeah. As long as I've heard the name "Harrison Ford," I've also heard the phrase "intensely private."
And whenever I have the urge to ridicule an individual man's hair, I remember that half of the young men in America still seem to be tooling around with David Beckham's pubes on their heads. Why ridicule one when millions will do?
And whenever I have the urge to ridicule an individual man's hair, I remember that half of the young men in America still seem to be tooling around with David Beckham's pubes on their heads. Why ridicule one when millions will do?
I still remember the speech he gave at the AFI Life Achievement Awards for George Lucas. He was nervous as hell, having to speak in front of all those hundreds of people.
But those young men aren't multi-millionaires. I'm OK if he wants to walk around in jeans and flannel shirts. I'm on unemployment and I can afford a decent hair cut!
QFT
it seems odd he did not have better hair, its possible he is just used to having a crew member for him, I know I would be if I was him, but The Daily Show should have people who do that, so its unclear why that happened.
having now seen the interview, I was dissapointed, I want to hear more about why Daybreak is failing, can not wait to see him do interviews in the UK about the movie.
having now seen the interview, I was dissapointed, I want to hear more about why Daybreak is failing, can not wait to see him do interviews in the UK about the movie.
Yeah, he's never really interviewed well that I've ever seen. But he also looked like he's worked in a fried-chicken restaurant for 12 hours, went to bed, threw on some clothes, and then came in for the interview. His hair was all greasy, stringy, and messy. WTF? Harrison?!
He seemed more lively on TDS than he usually does.
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