"Without my work, I really wouldn't know what to do with myself. I really do love the work. It constantly changes, and the people change, and the mission and the opportunity change, and it just makes for an interesting way to live your life."
"I don't want to have to hide the face of the character because it's a stunt guy. I want [the audience] to feel the blow. I want them to see the anxiety. I want them to be there when the decision is made or when the decision is missed. I just want them to be there."
"Like a true Parkinson's patient, I don't really know what's coming. I'm sort of living with the symptoms I have been last described as having."
Harrison Ford, at 83 years old, expresses no desire to retire, stating that work provides essential meaning and purpose to his life. He emphasizes his love for acting, citing the constant changes in roles, collaborators, and opportunities as what keeps his career interesting. Ford's path to stardom was unconventional, working as a carpenter for years before his breakthrough as Han Solo in Star Wars. Throughout his career, he has performed many of his own action sequences, believing audiences deserve to see the actor's face and genuine reactions during intense scenes. Currently starring in Apple TV's Shrinking as a therapist with Parkinson's disease, Ford approaches the role authentically, allowing uncertainty about his character's disease progression to inform his performance.
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