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Harrison Ford hates fame but loves the money

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.

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Melanie
Melanie
14 years ago

What do you expect from a hypocritical old pothead nearing dementia? He shouldn’t worry- his films have been bombing. Soon he’ll be an old has-been and inconspicuous again.

J. Galdo
J. Galdo
14 years ago
Reply to  Melanie

Hey, how old are you Melanie?!?! You sound like a real loser!!!!!

PALIN PUSS FART
PALIN PUSS FART
14 years ago

He’s always so bitter.
No ones that interested in you bro!

Mel and Palin are dumb
Mel and Palin are dumb
14 years ago

Total respect to Mr. Ford who has always viewed acting as a job and never been into the celebrity stuff. What’s the problem with that? So many of the great movie stars of the past felt the same way – they acted in movies and only did the publicity part of it because it was required by the studios.

Blemish writer: I thought you were better than this. I really did.

P.S. You can find similar comments from Mr. Ford going back 25 years.

IB
IB
14 years ago

Love you Blemish. Hng, hng, hng.

DCB
DCB
14 years ago

I’m sorry but Ford is right. What if everything you ever did was photographed by the paparazzi and misconstrued around the world? Putting the trash out in your jammies (hung over!), taking your kid to the doctor (family tragedy!), bumping into an old friend (marital problems!)….

Guys wants to make movies. Guy likes his job. Guy doesn’t like the hornet swarm of attention that goes with it. Guy tells the truth about it. Nothing wrong with that.

jon kite
jon kite
14 years ago

I too would like the money and want to be invisible when not in the limelight. Sacrifices are what its all about. Ford gets plent of privacy up there in Montana, Wyoming or wherever he resided most of the time. I can however empathise with him Jon

Dustin Cooper
Dustin Cooper
14 years ago

He’s saying that the loss of privacy is incomprehensible until you experience it. I can totally see what he’s saying.

J. Galdo
J. Galdo
14 years ago

Harrison Ford has every right to feel the way he does as we all do when it comes on how we conduct our own lives! I give him props for honestly answering those questions in light of DB’s like everyone dissing him because he’s old?!?!?! When i was a teenager I knew everything, in my twentys I applied to life everything I knew everything about, in my thirtys I dug myself out of the hole I put myself in in my twentys, and in my fourtys I realized I need to shut the F up and listen because I DON”T… Read more »

rachael weiss
rachael weiss
14 years ago

Ford is like watching paint dry…..No one is more boring….Frankly…..He’s arrogant and certainly not interesting by all standards…………….Forget celebrity….He’s just a bad actor………Now its time to go away………

gerri
gerri
14 years ago

if you don’t get a break from anything that is too much it can become unappreciated.since Adam and Eve the grass is always greener on someone eles lawn. we want what we don’t have.we shouldn’t judge unless you walk in their same shoes.

ian
ian
14 years ago

What is it with these celebrities complaining about fame all of a sudden? First it was Sir Elton John,now Harrison Ford! True, fame can bring a lot of pressure amongst other things, but that all comes with the territory. If you don’t want fame,don’t seek it. Also,I cannot stress enough that when you become a public figure there is no such thing as privacy! For Elton,Harrison,and any other celebs with fame-hating epiphanies,SHUT UP!!!!!!!!

Fans of HF from Michigan
Fans of HF from Michigan
14 years ago

Harrison Ford has been our family’s favorite actor since Star Wars and nobody could play Indy better!! He’s terrific!

Leslye
Leslye
14 years ago

Harrison Ford is right. It is a job. Unfortunately for the actors, every move they make, whether their personal life or their professional one, is under scrutiny. This article is just a perfect example of that. He has every right to want his privacy. I respect him for that. He had me hooked when *Raiders of the Lost Ark* came out and I’ve been a fan ever since.

tony
tony
14 years ago

I would take no fame because you can go anywhere you want anytime you want and nobody knows your name. Its sad when you cant even go somewhere and just eat in private with your family. I went to a celeb party once and i could not believe so many sad celebs because it was like they were like birds in a cage and people are always watching them. I rather be free than to be bothered all the time. True fame and fortune come with a price …and as for me i wouldnt want that at all…

tim
tim
14 years ago

I don’t think Harrison Ford is complaining in as much as he is commenting on the fact that celebs have no privacy. It seems that he has dealt with the issue on his terms. As far as his popularity going away, I don’t see it happening anytime soon. He’s like Sean Connery, just getting better with age.

LPB
LPB
14 years ago

Don’t forget “married to Calista”, or whatever! I doubt she was in the habit of going out on dates with randpm callers she’d never heard of.

juanki
juanki
14 years ago

In a way I can understand what Mr. Ford is saying about being famous. Please, let us NOT forget he is MEGA RICH $ I am a disabled Christian man- I had polio as a child. I ambulate on crutches lately, because my arms are getting too tired, I’m having to use a wheelchair. Mr. FORD, if you were ever to read this, let me ask you something: With all the $ you probably have. Have you ever STOPPED and considered that “it’s all God’s grace” – I have an old beat up van. Again, because of my age, it… Read more »

juanki
juanki
14 years ago

PS.
SURPRISE ME WITH GETTING UP ONE MORNING AND SEEING A VAN WITH A LIFT!1!

HARRISON, I’LL GIVE YOU A TOUR OF LITTLE HAVANA :)

IN HIS GRIP,
JUAN CARBALLO

Andy
Andy
12 years ago

On this picture he is not with fans, all guys are dealers, of course he is not happy.