Ed Harris Biography

Born Edward Allen Harris in Tenafly, NJ, on November 28, 1950, Harris was anathlete in high school and went on to spend two years playing football atColumbia University. His interest in acting developed after he transferredto the University of Oklahoma, where he studied acting and gained experiencein summer stock. Harris next attended the California Institute of the Arts,graduating with a Fine Arts degree. He went on to find steady work in theWest Coast theatrical world before moving to New York. In 1983, he debutedoff-Broadway in Sam Shepard's Fool for Love in a part especially written forhim. His performance won him an Obie for Best Actor. Three years later, hemade his Broadway debut in George Firth's Precious Sons and was nominatedfor a Tony. During the course of his career, Harris has gone on to garnernumerous stage awards from associations on both coasts.

• 1. Mr. Smith: Kindness--that can kill you here.
  From The Way Back. Submitted by Frances H (58 days ago)

• 1. Christof: I know you better than you know yourself.
  2. Truman Burbank: You never had a camera in my head.
  From The Truman Show. Submitted by Darian B (3 months ago)

• 1. Col. Wallace Berman: A thousand gallons of Mop and Glow? Do we really need that much?
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• 1. Truman Burbank: Who are you?
  2. Christof: I am the Creator - of a television show that gives hope and joy and inspiration to millions.
  3. Truman Burbank: Then who am I?
  4. Christof: You're the star.
  From The Truman Show. Submitted by Rider F (6 months ago)

• 1. Mr. Simon: You should always have a book with you.
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• 1. Oates: I got more of a bit part here, but I'm not that good.
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• 1. Lauren/Sylvia: Look at what you've done to him!
  2. Christof: I have given Truman the chance to lead a normal life. The world, the place you live in, is the sick place.
  From The Truman Show. Submitted by Nick S (8 months ago)

• 1. Christof: It's no accident that I wear this goofy little beanie.
  From The Truman Show. Submitted by Jesse K (12 months ago)

• 1. Christof: We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented.
  From The Truman Show. Submitted by Samira O (12 months ago)

• 1. Jackson Pollock: I'm not the fool, you're the fool.
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• 1. Remy Bressant: [about Patrick] Half the guys he knows are degenerates.
  2. Patrick Kenzie: Yeah, you know what the other half are?
  3. Remy Bressant: What?
  4. Patrick Kenzie: Cops. Don't hold it against me.
  From Gone Baby Gone. Submitted by Zbigniew Z (16 months ago)

• 1. Bud Brigman: Keep your pantyhose on.
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• 1. John McCain: You're one of the leaders of the party now Sarah. Don't get co-opted by Limbaugh and the other extremists. They'll destroy the party if you let them.
  From Game Change. Submitted by Steven F (17 months ago)

• 1. Remy Bressant: Kids forgive, they don't judge, they turn the other cheek, and what do they get for it?
  From Gone Baby Gone. Submitted by Orin G (19 months ago)

• 1. Gene Kranz: We have never lost an American in space, and we're sure not gonna lose one on my watch. Failure is not an option.
  From Apollo 13. Submitted by Facebook U (20 months ago)

• 1. Christof: We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented.
  From The Truman Show. Submitted by Truman B (22 months ago)

• 1. Mr. Simon: I am a teacher that's what I am.
  From That's What I Am. Submitted by Hamza A (22 months ago)

• 1. Richard Brown: I don't think I can make it to the party, Clarissa.
  From The Hours. Submitted by Sara T (23 months ago)

• 1. Network Executive: We can't let him die in front of a live audience!
  2. Christof: He was born in front of a live audience.
  From The Truman Show. Submitted by Joshua Z (2 years ago)

• 1. Edna Spalding: Moze.
  2. Moze: Yes, mam.
  3. Wayne Lomax: You took a no-account piece of land and a bunch of people that didn't know what they were doing, and you farmed it better than anyone. Colored or white.
  From Places in the Heart. Submitted by El R (2 years ago)

• 1. Mr. Simon: Human dignity plus compassion equals peace.
  From That's What I Am. Submitted by Frodo T (2 years ago)

• 1. Christof: I am the creator of a television show that gives hope and joy and inspiration to millions.
  From The Truman Show. Submitted by Matt H (2 years ago)

• 1. Christof: That's our hero shot.
  From The Truman Show. Submitted by Matt H (2 years ago)

• 1. Carl Fogarty: Still crazy fucking Joey.
  From A History of Violence. Submitted by rob g (2 years ago)

• 1. Christof: Cue the sun!
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• 1. Mr. Smith: If your thinkin' about makin a run for it....I'm with ya.
  From The Way Back. Submitted by Chris P (2 years ago)