Harrison Ford hates being a celebrity because he’s lost his “privacy”. But that tub of money he drowns his sorrows in? That’s not too bad.
“There’s nothing good about being famous. You always think, ‘If I’m successful, then I’ll have opportunities.’ You never figure the cost of fame will be a total loss of privacy. That’s incalculable. What a burden that is for anybody. It was unanticipated and I’ve never enjoyed it. You can get the table you want in a restaurant. It gets you doctor’s appointments. But what’s that worth? Nothing.”
However, Ford admits there are some benefits to finding fame in the movie industry: “I’m in it for the money. And I mean that in the nicest way possible. This is my job.”
To recap: Fame – can get a seat at any restaurant, doctor’s appointments every time, bags of money, maids, people worship you, big house, girls love you, travel anywhere, no privacy. Worth: nothing. No fame – have to wait an hour to be seated, doctor goes on vacation, bags of bills, no maids, people forgetting your name, one bedroom apartment, girls already have 9-1-1 pre-dialed on their phones, travel to the laundromat, total privacy because who the hell wants to know what you’re up to? Worth: priceless.
Yea, I’d totally “loathe” fame too if I was Harrison Ford. This guy has it rough. How does he do it? He’s like those people in concentration camps. Trying to survive one day at a time. An inspiration to us all.
