Quotes by Jared Harris

I honestly thought Warhol was a bit of a fraud. [But] once you get into it, you understand why he was revolutionary. He is the modern idea of what fame is. He did to himself what the old studio system did to its stars - package it, make it accessible.

I think you always learn something in every character you play onstage, either personally or creatively.

I was stuck in boarding school when I was seven years old and I knew that the only way to get out was to go pass your exams, so I studied.

If you don't look like Rupert Graves or Hugh Grant, they'll have you playing the gardener.

There are many cases where the direction of the play comes from within the cast of actors, especially in terms of the choices in performance.

Very few movies I've done I regret being involved in.

You get ideas from other people all the time.

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.

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.

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.