If you don't look like Rupert Graves or Hugh Grant, they'll have you playing the gardener. Jared Harris More Quotes by Jared Harris More Quotes From Jared Harris I never lost an argument and my parents assumed I would be a lawyer. They cast me in that role. Jared Harris roles parent would-be You get ideas from other people all the time. Jared Harris people ideas I thought if I went somewhere where I didn't know anybody and they didn't know me I could start all over again. Jared Harris know-me ifs knows It's important to keep auditioning. If you're auditioning for something, you're auditioning for a role that people can't see you in and you need to convince them that you're the right person. Jared Harris important people needs I wasn't aware of my dad being an actor when I was young. I remember there was an Australian children's entertainer on television called Ralph Harris and when I'd say my father was an actor, kids would say, you know, 'oh, is he Ralph Harris?' And I had to say no and then they would lose interest. Jared Harris dad father children If you only take parts that are offered to you, you end up playing the same roles over and over again. I think it's important to keep auditioning. I think it's important to scare yourself; to take parts that are outside of your comfort zone. Jared Harris scare important thinking In the old patrician world there was a custom once a week you had to eat a meal with your slaves and get to know them as people. Jared Harris meals people world I audition for stuff all the time, and what's weird about it is that one's success rate at auditioning doesn't really change. It's sort of at the same ratio of stuff you audition for to things you land. Jared Harris ratios land stuff People are fascinated by evil because its mysterious and it doesnt seem to have a rationale behind it, and the second you say that Hannibal Lector was abducted as a child and he had to eat his sister or something like that, it becomes immediately mundane. The character becomes mundane. Jared Harris character children people I keep mementos from everything I've done. Jared Harris belt-buckles memento done I think you always learn something in every character you play onstage, either personally or creatively. Jared Harris play character thinking I like the adrenaline of live performance, whatever that is, appearing in front of an audience of any kind, whether it's one or a hundred or a thousand. It gives you a buzz of adrenaline, its exciting. The thing about that is that you want to make those nerves work for you in terms of an energy that's appropriate for the part and the performance, and not to distract the people who are watching so that they become nervous for you. Jared Harris energy giving people I keep mementos from everything I've done. I've got my cab driver's license from 'Happiness.' I've got a pair of glasses and a belt buckle from playing John Lennon. I've got a pair of sunglasses from playing Andy Warhol... It's all in a box in the garage. Jared Harris cab-drivers glasses done I was 17, and all I wanted to do was to get away from England and the awful, boring boarding schools I'd been going to there. The last one was taught by monks, and I couldn't wait to get out. Jared Harris awful waiting school I've done quite a lot of dying on shows and in movies. To have a good death scene though - come on, it's brilliant. I love a good death scene! Jared Harris brilliant dying done When you're at drama school you spend so much time working on amazing texts and analyzing them, digging into them, and figuring out why it happens, why you are being asked to say what you're saying, and what the words mean. But then when you start working, most of the stuff would just fall apart if you subject it to that kind of scrutiny. Jared Harris drama school fall I've auditioned for normal characters. But I never get cast. Jared Harris casts normal character My father was a Catholic, but my mother wasn't. She had to do that weird deal you do as a Catholic - they deign to sanction your marriage and you have to bring your children up as Catholics. Jared Harris mother father children People are fascinated by evil because it's mysterious and it doesn't seem to have a rational behind it. Jared Harris mysterious evil people I think at some point every actor has practiced their acceptance speech while they're having a shower. It's fun. Jared Harris acceptance fun thinking
