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It doesn't interest me to be Harrison Ford. It interests me to be Mike Pomeroy and Indiana Jones and Jack Ryan. I don't want to be in the Harrison Ford business. I take what I do seriously, but I don't take myself seriously.

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Harrison Ford
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: July 13
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I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up.
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