Does Harrison Ford Know His Lines?

kottke.org November 25, 2025 By Jason Kottke

Vanity Fair sat down with Harrison Ford and asked him to identify which of his lines he’d said in which movie, mostly as a way of getting him to talk about his career. A few observations:

  • I love that they trolled him with The Star Wars Holiday Special…and he knew the line! “I’ve never seen it, which explains it. But I was there, though.”
  • Harrison Ford was in Apocalypse Now? And George Lucas, when he saw the film (post-Star Wars), didn’t recognize Ford?
  • On Blade Runner: “I like any cut without the narration.”

The story he tells about his first role with lines, in a film called Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round, is a good one.

Variety has done a bunch of these videos with actors & directors like Kate Winslet, Greta Gerwig, Carol Burnett, Jeffrey Wright, and Gary Oldman.

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Vanity Fair sat down with Harrison Ford and asked him to identify which of his lines he’d said in which movie, mostly as a way of getting him to talk about his career. A few observations:

  • I love that they trolled him with The Star Wars Holiday Special…and he knew the line! “I’ve never seen it, which explains it. But I was there, though.”
  • Harrison Ford was in Apocalypse Now? And George Lucas, when he saw the film (post-Star Wars), didn’t recognize Ford?
  • On Blade Runner: “I like any cut without the narration.”

The story he tells about his first role with lines, in a film called Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round, is a good one.

Variety has done a bunch of these videos with actors & directors like Kate Winslet, Greta Gerwig, Carol Burnett, Jeffrey Wright, and Gary Oldman.

Tags: Harrison Ford · interviews · movies · video

💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org

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