WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.560 Okay, so let's just jump right in. If you're 00:00:01.560 --> 00:00:03.859 listening to this, you know Harrison Ford, you 00:00:03.859 --> 00:00:07.059 know the voice. Oh, absolutely. That wry smile, 00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:10.439 the sort of world weariness mixed with this, 00:00:10.519 --> 00:00:14.560 you know, inherent heroism. He is, I think, arguably 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:16.839 the most successful working action hero of the 00:00:16.839 --> 00:00:19.589 last 50 years. Without a doubt. and the man is 00:00:19.589 --> 00:00:23.609 still going born july 13 1942 so he's 83 and 00:00:23.609 --> 00:00:25.949 still taking on these massive roles we're talking 00:00:25.949 --> 00:00:29.510 about a career spanning seven full decades seven 00:00:29.510 --> 00:00:31.809 decades but it's not just the longevity that 00:00:31.809 --> 00:00:34.689 defines him right it's the sheer financial power 00:00:34.689 --> 00:00:37.890 if you just look at the raw numbers the global 00:00:37.890 --> 00:00:40.789 box office that's staggering his films have pulled 00:00:40.789 --> 00:00:44.450 in Well over 10 billion dollars. 10 billion. 00:00:44.490 --> 00:00:47.049 I mean, that speaks to a kind of universal bankable 00:00:47.049 --> 00:00:49.969 appeal that very, very few actors in history 00:00:49.969 --> 00:00:51.950 can even come close to. And when you hear that 00:00:51.950 --> 00:00:54.310 number, your mind immediately goes to the franchises. 00:00:54.530 --> 00:00:56.270 That's the core identity we all have of them. 00:00:56.329 --> 00:00:59.369 Right. Han Solo and Star Wars, the fedora and 00:00:59.369 --> 00:01:03.090 the whip of Indiana Jones, the the moody Rick 00:01:03.090 --> 00:01:05.129 Deckard in Blade Runner. And Jack Ryan. Don't 00:01:05.129 --> 00:01:07.189 forget him. Plus, now he's jumping into the MCU. 00:01:07.469 --> 00:01:10.870 Right. As. General Thaddeus Ross in the new Captain 00:01:10.870 --> 00:01:14.950 America movie in 2025. That portfolio alone is 00:01:14.950 --> 00:01:17.930 just... It's legendary. It absolutely is. It 00:01:17.930 --> 00:01:20.849 establishes him as this definitive star, you 00:01:20.849 --> 00:01:23.329 know, an action hero who could carry these huge 00:01:23.329 --> 00:01:26.209 global blockbusters from the late 70s all the 00:01:26.209 --> 00:01:28.890 way through the early 2000s and, well, even now. 00:01:29.109 --> 00:01:31.030 But that's why we're doing this. Exactly. The 00:01:31.030 --> 00:01:33.510 purpose of this deep dive is to go beyond that 00:01:33.510 --> 00:01:36.290 cinematic image. Our mission here is to explore 00:01:36.290 --> 00:01:40.500 not just the blockbusters, but the... the profoundly 00:01:40.500 --> 00:01:43.079 unconventional journey he took to get there. 00:01:43.180 --> 00:01:45.140 The weird stuff. The weird stuff. The unexpected 00:01:45.140 --> 00:01:48.439 careers, his off -screen dedication to flying, 00:01:48.599 --> 00:01:51.780 the rescue work, his deep commitment to environmentalism, 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:53.680 and, you know, the awards that recognize his 00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:56.079 whole life, not just the acting. It's like you 00:01:56.079 --> 00:01:58.200 see the finished mansion, but you don't understand 00:01:58.200 --> 00:02:01.079 that every single nail was driven by hand after 00:02:01.079 --> 00:02:03.079 a series of failures. That's a great way to put 00:02:03.079 --> 00:02:04.879 it. Because the journey to becoming this cultural 00:02:04.879 --> 00:02:07.500 icon is so much weirder and, frankly, so much 00:02:07.500 --> 00:02:09.639 harder than anyone realizes. This is a story 00:02:09.639 --> 00:02:12.180 about failure and expulsion and a radical forced 00:02:12.180 --> 00:02:14.759 reinvention. And to really get it, we have to 00:02:14.759 --> 00:02:16.800 start at the very beginning. It's the only way 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:19.000 to understand where that resilience comes from. 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:23.740 Okay, so let's do it. Chicago, Illinois. Harrison 00:02:23.740 --> 00:02:27.039 Ford's early life really gives you this fascinating 00:02:27.039 --> 00:02:30.960 cultural template. It's a mashup of classic American 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:34.219 immigrant history and this mid -century liberal 00:02:34.219 --> 00:02:36.810 upbringing. And that family background is so 00:02:36.810 --> 00:02:39.189 crucial to understanding who he becomes later, 00:02:39.349 --> 00:02:41.569 especially with his political and social conscience. 00:02:41.870 --> 00:02:44.669 Tell us about his parents. So his mother, Dorothy 00:02:44.669 --> 00:02:47.129 Nettleman, was a former radio actress. She was 00:02:47.129 --> 00:02:49.610 Ashkenazi Jewish and her parents had immigrated 00:02:49.610 --> 00:02:52.889 from Minsk in Belarus. His father was John William 00:02:52.889 --> 00:02:55.949 Ford, an advertising exec and also a former actor. 00:02:56.110 --> 00:02:58.650 And he was of Irish Catholic descent. So it's 00:02:58.650 --> 00:03:01.110 a classic American melting pot story. It really 00:03:01.110 --> 00:03:03.389 is. And Ford always talked about this mix with 00:03:03.389 --> 00:03:06.210 that trademark. humor. When people asked about 00:03:06.210 --> 00:03:08.250 his religious upbringing, he joked that he and 00:03:08.250 --> 00:03:10.490 his brother were raised Democrat. Right. But 00:03:10.490 --> 00:03:12.330 on a more serious note, he said they were raised 00:03:12.330 --> 00:03:14.610 to be liberals of every stripe, which really 00:03:14.610 --> 00:03:17.030 emphasizes that social justice focus they grew 00:03:17.030 --> 00:03:19.330 up with. And he had that one perfect line about 00:03:19.330 --> 00:03:21.409 it, didn't he? When he was reflecting on his 00:03:21.409 --> 00:03:24.169 heritage. He did. He said, as a man, I've always 00:03:24.169 --> 00:03:26.449 felt Irish. As an actor, I've always felt Jewish. 00:03:26.909 --> 00:03:29.830 I mean, what a line. It's so concise. It captures 00:03:29.830 --> 00:03:32.110 both the personality, you know, the grounded, 00:03:32.129 --> 00:03:34.909 sometimes quiet man, and then the performer. 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:37.759 the emotional, articulate actor. Absolutely. 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:40.439 But what's really fascinating is the path he 00:03:40.439 --> 00:03:42.580 took before Hollywood. I mean, he was not some 00:03:42.580 --> 00:03:45.439 child prodigy who was just destined for the stage. 00:03:45.719 --> 00:03:48.219 No, not at all. His development was slow. It 00:03:48.219 --> 00:03:50.280 was hesitant. By all accounts, he was a late 00:03:50.280 --> 00:03:53.139 bloomer. But there are these amazing little details 00:03:53.139 --> 00:03:55.900 from his adolescence that feel like foreshadowing, 00:03:55.900 --> 00:03:59.020 connecting the real guy to the future myth. Like 00:03:59.020 --> 00:04:01.789 the Boy Scout stuff. Exactly. He achieved the 00:04:01.789 --> 00:04:04.629 rank of Life Scout, and get this, he worked as 00:04:04.629 --> 00:04:06.949 a counselor for the Reptile Study Merit Badge. 00:04:06.969 --> 00:04:09.569 Which is a detail that George Lucas later just 00:04:09.569 --> 00:04:12.150 takes and weaves directly into the Indiana Jones 00:04:12.150 --> 00:04:15.349 story. Yeah. In The Last Crusade, young Indy 00:04:15.349 --> 00:04:17.490 is shown as a life scout. It's this wonderful 00:04:17.490 --> 00:04:19.670 little piece of synergy where the man's reality 00:04:19.670 --> 00:04:22.990 informs the fiction. But his academic path was... 00:04:23.649 --> 00:04:26.069 Well, it was a disaster. It shows a real struggle 00:04:26.069 --> 00:04:28.790 to find any kind of direction. He went to Ripon 00:04:28.790 --> 00:04:30.930 College in Wisconsin as a philosophy major. A 00:04:30.930 --> 00:04:33.209 philosophy major. And he only took a drama class 00:04:33.209 --> 00:04:36.050 in his senior year. And his reason for it was 00:04:36.050 --> 00:04:38.889 basically to overcome this really intense shyness. 00:04:39.110 --> 00:04:41.490 He just got completely fascinated with acting, 00:04:41.629 --> 00:04:44.420 but it was. Yeah. It was too late to save his 00:04:44.420 --> 00:04:46.560 academic career. And this is the detail that 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:49.600 just makes his whole success story feel so improbable. 00:04:49.740 --> 00:04:52.100 Four days, just four days before he was supposed 00:04:52.100 --> 00:04:54.879 to graduate with his degree, he was expelled. 00:04:55.259 --> 00:04:58.160 Expelled for what? Plagiarism. Wow. I mean, can 00:04:58.160 --> 00:05:00.199 you imagine the emotional blow of that? You were 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:02.800 that close to the finish line and the whole conventional 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:05.649 life path is just ripped away from you. It speaks 00:05:05.649 --> 00:05:09.290 to this inability to conform, I think. And it 00:05:09.290 --> 00:05:12.990 makes his move to Los Angeles in 1964 feel almost 00:05:12.990 --> 00:05:16.189 desperate. Well, yeah, he didn't have a plan 00:05:16.189 --> 00:05:18.329 B. The rug had just been completely pulled out 00:05:18.329 --> 00:05:20.949 from under plan A. So he gets to L .A., he signs 00:05:20.949 --> 00:05:23.730 with Columbia Pictures' new talent program, and 00:05:23.730 --> 00:05:26.089 his first attempts at acting are just marked 00:05:26.089 --> 00:05:29.550 by one humiliation after another. His first known 00:05:29.550 --> 00:05:34.339 role in 1966 was an uncredited bellhop. And that's 00:05:34.339 --> 00:05:38.060 where he gets this famous, just brutal piece 00:05:38.060 --> 00:05:40.220 of criticism that would have ended most people's 00:05:40.220 --> 00:05:43.040 careers right there. A producer, Jerry Takofsky, 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:45.660 tells him he just doesn't have star quality. 00:05:45.899 --> 00:05:47.800 Right. The Tony Curtis story. The Tony Curtis 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:50.180 story. Takofsky said that when Tony Curtis delivers 00:05:50.180 --> 00:05:52.500 a bag of groceries, you can tell he's a movie 00:05:52.500 --> 00:05:56.250 star. But when Ford did it. He was just a bellhop. 00:05:56.310 --> 00:05:58.389 There was nothing special there. And Ford's immediate 00:05:58.389 --> 00:06:00.889 response, which is just pure Han Solo before 00:06:00.889 --> 00:06:03.490 Han Solo existed. Oh, yeah. He challenges the 00:06:03.490 --> 00:06:05.329 producer. He says, well, if Tony Curtis were 00:06:05.329 --> 00:06:07.649 a truly talented actor, he'd deliver the groceries 00:06:07.649 --> 00:06:10.110 like a bellhop, not like a star playing a bellhop. 00:06:10.379 --> 00:06:13.360 That audacity, I mean, it cost him. He was apparently 00:06:13.360 --> 00:06:15.699 fired pretty soon after that. It's such a key 00:06:15.699 --> 00:06:18.399 indicator of his personality. He values truth, 00:06:18.660 --> 00:06:21.139 even if it panks his career. And we should probably 00:06:21.139 --> 00:06:23.139 mention the name thing really quick. Yeah, he 00:06:23.139 --> 00:06:25.779 was initially credited as Harrison J. Ford. Right. 00:06:25.899 --> 00:06:28.379 And the J stood for absolutely nothing. He has 00:06:28.379 --> 00:06:31.360 no middle name. It was just added to avoid confusion 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:35.220 with an old, silent film actor, also named Harrison 00:06:35.220 --> 00:06:38.759 Ford, who had died back in 1957. He dropped it 00:06:38.759 --> 00:06:40.810 pretty fast once he... got famous. Once he became 00:06:40.810 --> 00:06:43.230 the Harrison Ford, yeah. Then came what might 00:06:43.230 --> 00:06:45.329 have been the most crushing rejection of all. 00:06:45.629 --> 00:06:48.350 The one that really defined his low point. The 00:06:48.350 --> 00:06:51.009 French filmmaker Jacques Demy wanted him for 00:06:51.009 --> 00:06:55.050 the lead in a 1969 film called Model Shop. And 00:06:55.050 --> 00:06:57.449 Demy saw the raw talent, but the head of Columbia 00:06:57.449 --> 00:07:00.829 Pictures just shut it down. Infamously said that 00:07:00.829 --> 00:07:04.029 Ford had no future. in the film business. The 00:07:04.029 --> 00:07:06.389 studio itself was actively trying to stop him 00:07:06.389 --> 00:07:07.990 just because they thought he was unmarketable. 00:07:08.110 --> 00:07:10.329 So what do you do? You're a philosophy major 00:07:10.329 --> 00:07:12.970 who got expelled. Studio execs are telling you 00:07:12.970 --> 00:07:14.790 you have no future. You need money. You need 00:07:14.790 --> 00:07:17.410 stability. You have a wife and kids. You rebuild 00:07:17.410 --> 00:07:20.209 your life with wood and nails. He becomes a self 00:07:20.209 --> 00:07:22.649 -taught professional carpenter. And we have to 00:07:22.649 --> 00:07:24.709 emphasize this was not some kind of cool side 00:07:24.709 --> 00:07:28.009 gig. No, this was a full time, high skilled job 00:07:28.009 --> 00:07:30.519 he had to learn to support his family. He was 00:07:30.519 --> 00:07:33.600 building custom cabinets, decks, recording studios. 00:07:33.920 --> 00:07:36.060 And this is where his life gets so interesting. 00:07:36.300 --> 00:07:39.240 He's in the shadows, but he's intertwined with 00:07:39.240 --> 00:07:43.300 the very people -defining 70s culture. His clients 00:07:43.300 --> 00:07:45.500 were incredible. People like the writers Joan 00:07:45.500 --> 00:07:48.139 Didion and John Gregory Dunn. I remember that 00:07:48.139 --> 00:07:50.300 from the documentary about her. The center will 00:07:50.300 --> 00:07:52.540 not hold. You can actually see photos of him. 00:07:52.600 --> 00:07:55.769 He was just the contractor. You know, the guy 00:07:55.769 --> 00:07:58.750 fixing the shelves, observing this world of fame 00:07:58.750 --> 00:08:01.230 from a few feet away. Those carpenter years, 00:08:01.389 --> 00:08:03.449 they weren't wasted time. They were the forge. 00:08:03.629 --> 00:08:06.509 He was learning discipline, patience, and he 00:08:06.509 --> 00:08:08.769 was watching the chaos of the people who held 00:08:08.769 --> 00:08:11.519 the keys to the kingdom he wanted to enter. It 00:08:11.519 --> 00:08:14.139 also gave him distance. He had a trade, a respectable 00:08:14.139 --> 00:08:16.420 one. He didn't have that desperation that poisoned 00:08:16.420 --> 00:08:18.579 so many young actors. Exactly. If Hollywood didn't 00:08:18.579 --> 00:08:20.420 work out, he could always go back to carpentry. 00:08:20.620 --> 00:08:23.680 That gave him the freedom to be himself, to challenge 00:08:23.680 --> 00:08:26.019 producers. And ironically, it was the carpentry 00:08:26.019 --> 00:08:27.620 that finally brought him back into the industry. 00:08:27.879 --> 00:08:30.959 But this time, it was on his terms. The tide 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:33.419 finally turns when his trade intersects with 00:08:33.419 --> 00:08:36.200 this new wave of directors. And the key names 00:08:36.200 --> 00:08:38.659 here are, of course, George Lucas and Francis 00:08:38.659 --> 00:08:41.340 Ford Coppola. So a casting director, Fred Roos, 00:08:41.419 --> 00:08:43.779 gets him an audition with Lucas, and that leads 00:08:43.779 --> 00:08:46.139 to him playing the street racer Bob Felfa in 00:08:46.139 --> 00:08:49.700 American Graffiti in 1973. It was a small hit, 00:08:49.779 --> 00:08:52.919 but it created this huge relationship. Francis 00:08:52.919 --> 00:08:55.820 Ford Coppola, who was flying high after The Godfather, 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:58.960 then actively sought Ford out. And he didn't 00:08:58.960 --> 00:09:00.960 just give him small acting roles. He hired him 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:02.879 as a carpenter. Yeah, he hired Ford to do work 00:09:02.879 --> 00:09:04.620 in his personal office. He was supporting him 00:09:04.620 --> 00:09:06.940 both ways. Ford even had a little inside joke 00:09:06.940 --> 00:09:09.419 role in Apocalypse Now, playing a colonel named 00:09:09.419 --> 00:09:12.879 G. Lucas. Right. A little nod to the friendship 00:09:12.879 --> 00:09:14.860 building between these guys who were about to 00:09:14.860 --> 00:09:17.820 change cinema forever. But the really life -changing 00:09:17.820 --> 00:09:20.399 moment came disguised as, like, a simple favor. 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:23.620 This story still blows my mind because it sounds 00:09:23.620 --> 00:09:25.779 like a Hollywood fantasy of how you get discovered. 00:09:26.250 --> 00:09:28.309 He wasn't even asked to audition for Star Wars. 00:09:28.490 --> 00:09:31.409 No, he was just hired by Lucas to read lines 00:09:31.409 --> 00:09:34.200 opposite the actors who were auditioning. He 00:09:34.200 --> 00:09:36.460 was basically a talented background voice to 00:09:36.460 --> 00:09:38.980 help the process along. And Lucas was reluctant 00:09:38.980 --> 00:09:41.500 to cast him. Super reluctant. They'd already 00:09:41.500 --> 00:09:43.220 done American Graffiti. He didn't want it to 00:09:43.220 --> 00:09:45.460 look like he was just casting his buddies. But 00:09:45.460 --> 00:09:48.779 as Ford read those cynical, roguish Han Solo 00:09:48.779 --> 00:09:51.799 lines over and over. With his natural charisma 00:09:51.799 --> 00:09:54.700 and improvisational skill. Lucas realized the 00:09:54.700 --> 00:09:56.960 perfect actor was already sitting right there 00:09:56.960 --> 00:09:59.379 in the room helping other people get the job. 00:09:59.559 --> 00:10:02.500 And just like that, Han Solo was born. He goes 00:10:02.500 --> 00:10:04.659 from being a self -taught carpenter who couldn't 00:10:04.659 --> 00:10:06.720 finish college to being the coolest guy in the 00:10:06.720 --> 00:10:09.279 galaxy almost overnight. And this brings us to 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:11.700 this really telling insight into Ford's artistic 00:10:11.700 --> 00:10:14.320 mind. When they were getting ready to do Return 00:10:14.320 --> 00:10:17.500 of the Jedi, Ford strongly advocated for Lucas 00:10:17.500 --> 00:10:20.200 to kill off Han Solo. Wait, he wanted to kill 00:10:20.200 --> 00:10:22.159 off one of the most beloved characters in history. 00:10:22.259 --> 00:10:25.320 Why? He argued that killing the character would 00:10:25.320 --> 00:10:27.559 have given the whole film a bottom. What does 00:10:27.559 --> 00:10:30.700 he mean by a bottom? Gravitas. A sense of real 00:10:30.700 --> 00:10:33.779 consequence, real narrative weight that went 00:10:33.779 --> 00:10:36.860 beyond just a simple happy ending. He felt that 00:10:36.860 --> 00:10:39.419 Han's sacrifice would validate the whole journey 00:10:39.419 --> 00:10:42.139 and raise the stakes for everyone else. That 00:10:42.139 --> 00:10:44.480 is fascinating. It shows he wasn't just in it 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:47.299 for the paycheck. He was deeply invested in the 00:10:47.299 --> 00:10:50.070 story's integrity. even if it meant writing himself 00:10:50.070 --> 00:10:53.509 out of a job. Lucas refused, of course. But that 00:10:53.509 --> 00:10:56.269 artistic seriousness is what separates a star 00:10:56.269 --> 00:10:59.129 from a great actor. And right as the Star Wars 00:10:59.129 --> 00:11:01.750 trilogy was wrapping up, he launched his second 00:11:01.750 --> 00:11:05.009 generation -defining icon. Indiana Jones. And 00:11:05.009 --> 00:11:07.190 once again, Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981. 00:11:08.110 --> 00:11:10.129 He was not the first choice. No, history repeats 00:11:10.129 --> 00:11:12.529 itself. Lucas was still worried about overexposure 00:11:12.529 --> 00:11:14.830 from Star Wars. Right. The role was famously 00:11:14.830 --> 00:11:16.990 offered to Tom Selleck. Who couldn't do it because 00:11:16.990 --> 00:11:18.929 he was locked into his contract for Magnum P 00:11:18.929 --> 00:11:21.649 .I. Thank goodness for that contract. Spielberg 00:11:21.649 --> 00:11:24.029 was the one who was totally convinced. He had 00:11:24.029 --> 00:11:26.470 seen Ford's performance in the upcoming Empire 00:11:26.470 --> 00:11:29.490 Strikes Back and just knew he was the guy. He 00:11:29.490 --> 00:11:32.049 saw that perfect blend of action hero, nerdy 00:11:32.049 --> 00:11:34.980 professor, and cynical humor. But the Indiana 00:11:34.980 --> 00:11:38.299 Jones films were so physically demanding. And 00:11:38.299 --> 00:11:40.220 this is where we start to see this recurring 00:11:40.220 --> 00:11:44.159 theme in his career, which is serious onset injuries. 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:46.460 The one on Temple of Doom was really bad, right? 00:11:46.559 --> 00:11:49.279 Yeah. During filming in London for Temple of 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:53.019 Doom in 1984, he herniated a disc in his back. 00:11:53.200 --> 00:11:55.820 It was so severe he had to be flown back to LA 00:11:55.820 --> 00:11:58.639 for major surgery. It was a six -week layoff. 00:11:58.740 --> 00:12:00.740 And there's that great story where he comes back, 00:12:00.779 --> 00:12:02.779 still recovering, and he's filming a fight scene 00:12:02.779 --> 00:12:05.340 while literally lying on a gurney between takes. 00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:08.220 That level of physical commitment, even through 00:12:08.220 --> 00:12:10.879 intense pain, it just cemented his reputation. 00:12:11.320 --> 00:12:13.580 So after these massive adventure franchises, 00:12:13.700 --> 00:12:15.940 he starts looking for roles to prove he could 00:12:15.940 --> 00:12:18.200 do more. He needed to show his dramatic range. 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:20.860 He did. He took on these high stakes, dramatic 00:12:20.860 --> 00:12:22.679 parts, starting with the really dark philosophical 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:26.159 sci -fi film Blade Runner in 82. What a pivot. 00:12:26.419 --> 00:12:29.259 From the high adventure of Indy to the dystopian 00:12:29.259 --> 00:12:32.379 gloom of Rick Deckard. And it was a really difficult 00:12:32.379 --> 00:12:35.440 shoot. Ford and the director, Ridley Scott, famously 00:12:35.440 --> 00:12:37.399 disagreed about the nature of the character, 00:12:37.559 --> 00:12:40.100 especially about whether Deckard himself was 00:12:40.100 --> 00:12:42.700 a replicant. Ford called the whole experience 00:12:42.700 --> 00:12:46.320 a long slog. But the film... Even though it wasn't 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:48.919 a huge hit at first, it became this revered cult 00:12:48.919 --> 00:12:52.200 classic. It established his credibility in, you 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:54.639 know, sophisticated films that ask big questions. 00:12:54.919 --> 00:12:57.299 But the real test of his dramatic muscle came 00:12:57.299 --> 00:13:00.879 with Witness in 1985. Ah, yes. Playing John Book, 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:04.179 the detective protecting an Amish boy. He tapped 00:13:04.179 --> 00:13:06.899 into this quiet intensity. And that performance 00:13:06.899 --> 00:13:09.799 finally got him his sole Academy Award nomination 00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:12.460 for Best Actor. That Oscar nomination was so 00:13:12.460 --> 00:13:14.759 important. It validated him beyond the whip and 00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:17.190 the... spaceship, it proved his peers took him 00:13:17.190 --> 00:13:19.330 seriously as a dramatic actor. And he had such 00:13:19.330 --> 00:13:21.389 respect for the director, Peter Weir, that he 00:13:21.389 --> 00:13:22.889 worked with him again on The Mosquito Coast. 00:13:23.309 --> 00:13:25.450 Ford later said working with Weir on those two 00:13:25.450 --> 00:13:27.909 films were two of the best experiences of his 00:13:27.909 --> 00:13:30.509 career. He valued the process more than the box 00:13:30.509 --> 00:13:33.210 office. And then he just enters this period of 00:13:33.210 --> 00:13:36.870 pure box office dominance. He takes over the 00:13:36.870 --> 00:13:40.549 role of Jack Ryan in two Tom Clancy movies, replacing 00:13:40.549 --> 00:13:43.059 Alec Baldwin. Which was not a smooth transition. 00:13:43.320 --> 00:13:46.320 It led to this very public, long -lasting resentment 00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:49.019 from Baldwin. But for Hollywood, the choice was 00:13:49.019 --> 00:13:52.179 obvious. Ford was just a sure thing. The numbers 00:13:52.179 --> 00:13:55.820 are just crazy. Between 1977 and 1997, he was 00:13:55.820 --> 00:13:58.679 in 14 films that were in the top 15 at the domestic 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:01.620 box office for their year. He was the most dependable 00:14:01.620 --> 00:14:04.159 star on the planet. And that dependability wasn't 00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:06.539 about flashy acting. It was about feeling real. 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:09.200 Roger Ebert summed it up perfectly when he was 00:14:09.200 --> 00:14:11.240 reviewing The Fugitive. What did he say? He called 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:14.299 Ford the great modern movie everyman. He said 00:14:14.299 --> 00:14:16.299 Ford's performances were always understated. 00:14:16.440 --> 00:14:19.299 He played down the drama, avoided these meaningless 00:14:19.299 --> 00:14:21.240 flourishes, and just got on with the business 00:14:21.240 --> 00:14:23.220 of the story. He made extraordinary situations 00:14:23.220 --> 00:14:26.269 feel relatable. That's his superpower. Grounded 00:14:26.269 --> 00:14:29.250 in chaos. But that level of invincibility can't 00:14:29.250 --> 00:14:31.870 last forever. The early 2000s saw a string of 00:14:31.870 --> 00:14:33.669 films that just didn't connect with audiences. 00:14:34.049 --> 00:14:37.250 Things like Random Hearts, K -19, Firewall. It's 00:14:37.250 --> 00:14:39.710 a natural cycle of a long career, right? But 00:14:39.710 --> 00:14:42.250 he did have one huge hit in that period. He did. 00:14:42.450 --> 00:14:44.950 The supernatural thriller What Lies Beneath in 00:14:44.950 --> 00:14:47.789 2000. He played the villain and it grossed almost 00:14:47.789 --> 00:14:50.950 $300 million worldwide. So the power was still 00:14:50.950 --> 00:14:53.049 there. But what's maybe more telling are the 00:14:53.049 --> 00:14:56.600 roles he didn't take. Like Siriana, he has publicly 00:14:56.600 --> 00:14:59.779 said he regrets passing on the lead role in Siriana, 00:14:59.960 --> 00:15:02.600 the part that ultimately won George Clooney an 00:15:02.600 --> 00:15:05.460 Oscar. Why did he pass on such a prestigious 00:15:05.460 --> 00:15:07.879 project? It comes back to that same artistic 00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:11.460 integrity. Ford said he passed because he didn't 00:15:11.460 --> 00:15:13.720 feel strongly enough about the truth of the material. 00:15:14.299 --> 00:15:16.700 Even a potential Oscar wasn't worth it if he 00:15:16.700 --> 00:15:18.539 couldn't connect with the story's core conviction. 00:15:18.899 --> 00:15:20.659 But the franchises were still waiting for him. 00:15:20.700 --> 00:15:23.139 Oh, yes. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the 00:15:23.139 --> 00:15:25.700 Crystal Skull in 2008, despite the mixed reviews, 00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:28.279 was the second highest grossing film in the world 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:31.960 that year. And then the big one. Han Solo returns 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:35.059 in The Force Awakens. But as we've seen, this 00:15:35.059 --> 00:15:37.940 came with a huge physical price. A massive one. 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:41.779 During filming, this heavy hydraulic door on 00:15:41.779 --> 00:15:44.519 the Millennium Falcon set collapsed on him. He 00:15:44.519 --> 00:15:46.720 suffered a fractured ankle and a broken pelvis. 00:15:47.100 --> 00:15:50.080 He had to be airlifted to a hospital. I mean, 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:52.000 this is a serious accident. He was out for two 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:54.340 months and they had to completely reschedule 00:15:54.340 --> 00:15:57.159 the entire production around his recovery. And 00:15:57.159 --> 00:15:59.460 ironically, after all that, they finally killed 00:15:59.460 --> 00:16:02.379 off Han Solo in the movie. fulfilling the wish 00:16:02.379 --> 00:16:04.840 he'd had 30 years earlier. He also returned to 00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:08.700 the world of Blade Runner in 2049. And critically, 00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:11.179 his performance was just universally praised. 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:13.019 People called it a gut -wrenching interpretation. 00:16:13.460 --> 00:16:16.360 It was. But the film itself struggled at the 00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:19.019 box office. It fell short of the $400 million 00:16:19.019 --> 00:16:21.679 it needed just to break even. Which just goes 00:16:21.679 --> 00:16:23.580 to show, you know, critical success doesn't always 00:16:23.580 --> 00:16:25.840 translate to financial success. And he finally 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:28.360 hung up the fedora for good with Dial of Destiny 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:31.370 in 2023. But what's so remarkable about this 00:16:31.370 --> 00:16:33.769 late stage of his career is his dedication to 00:16:33.769 --> 00:16:35.950 supporting roles he believes in and his willingness 00:16:35.950 --> 00:16:38.389 to just jump into totally new platforms. Like 00:16:38.389 --> 00:16:41.210 television. Yeah. And specifically, the role 00:16:41.210 --> 00:16:43.330 he says he's most proud of from this period. 00:16:43.549 --> 00:16:46.230 Branch Rickey in the Jackie Robinson biopic 42. 00:16:46.730 --> 00:16:49.389 And the director was hesitant to cast him at 00:16:49.389 --> 00:16:51.610 first. But Ford won them over with his incredible 00:16:51.610 --> 00:16:54.250 dedication. He wore a fat suit, prosthetics. 00:16:54.350 --> 00:16:56.690 He completely transformed his face. And beyond 00:16:56.690 --> 00:16:59.029 the physical stuff, the research was meticulous. 00:16:59.049 --> 00:17:02.250 He studied Ricky's life, listened to old recordings, 00:17:02.289 --> 00:17:05.170 and worked with a voice coach to master this 00:17:05.170 --> 00:17:07.950 very distinct way of speaking. He just dove in 00:17:07.950 --> 00:17:10.190 completely. And that seriousness led to this 00:17:10.190 --> 00:17:13.190 really surprising pivot to television after 2022. 00:17:13.650 --> 00:17:16.690 He took on major roles in the Western 1923 and 00:17:16.690 --> 00:17:19.220 the comedy -drama Shrinking. The contrast is 00:17:19.220 --> 00:17:22.119 amazing. One is this sprawling epic western. 00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:25.160 The other is this intimate modern comedy about 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:27.640 grief and therapy. And what's truly shocking 00:17:27.640 --> 00:17:30.099 is that he accepted both of those huge multi 00:17:30.099 --> 00:17:32.940 -season roles without a complete script. That's 00:17:32.940 --> 00:17:34.900 the critical part. For an actor of his stature, 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:37.079 that's almost unheard of. It shows a shift to 00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:39.319 operating on pure instinct, trusting the creative 00:17:39.319 --> 00:17:42.460 team and the initial idea. And it paid off. For 00:17:42.460 --> 00:17:44.400 Shrinking, he got his first ever Emmy nomination. 00:17:45.069 --> 00:17:47.589 After 60 years of acting, it just proved he was 00:17:47.589 --> 00:17:49.470 still eager to challenge himself in completely 00:17:49.470 --> 00:17:52.410 new ways. And looking ahead, he's now part of 00:17:52.410 --> 00:17:55.329 the biggest machine on the planet. He's taking 00:17:55.329 --> 00:17:57.730 over the role of Thaddeus Ross in the Marvel 00:17:57.730 --> 00:17:59.970 Cinematic Universe. And he's still advocating 00:17:59.970 --> 00:18:03.250 for the craft itself. He recently spoke out against 00:18:03.250 --> 00:18:06.950 using AI in video game acting, standing up for 00:18:06.950 --> 00:18:09.650 the human element of performance. It's important 00:18:09.650 --> 00:18:11.950 when a legend like that takes a stand. It's easy 00:18:11.950 --> 00:18:14.720 to just focus on the movies, but... So much of 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:17.380 who Harrison Ford is lies far away from the camera. 00:18:17.660 --> 00:18:20.019 This is where the action hero becomes a genuine 00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:22.779 public servant. Aviation. It's so much more than 00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:24.680 a hobby for him. It's like a parallel career. 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:27.759 He's a licensed pilot of both fixed -wing aircraft 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:30.359 and helicopters. He actually started lessons 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:32.980 way back in the 60s, but had to stop because 00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:35.690 he couldn't afford the $15 hourly rate. Which, 00:18:35.809 --> 00:18:38.970 if you adjust for inflation, is like $156 an 00:18:38.970 --> 00:18:41.109 hour today. It just shows how desperate those 00:18:41.109 --> 00:18:43.089 early years were. He picked it up again in the 00:18:43.089 --> 00:18:45.690 mid -90s and has just fully embraced it since, 00:18:45.869 --> 00:18:48.089 especially flying near his big ranch in Jackson, 00:18:48.170 --> 00:18:50.880 Wyoming. And his favorite aircraft is his de 00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:54.700 Havilland DHC -2 Beaver. He loves the sound of 00:18:54.700 --> 00:18:56.960 its old radial engine. And there's an incredible 00:18:56.960 --> 00:19:00.200 story attached to that specific plane. Ford believes 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:02.700 it was previously flown in the CIA's Air America 00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:05.359 operations. Right, the clandestine airline the 00:19:05.359 --> 00:19:08.140 CIA used during the Vietnam era. And he thinks 00:19:08.140 --> 00:19:10.319 it's still riddled with patched up bullet holes. 00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:12.900 So this Hollywood legend is flying a genuine 00:19:12.900 --> 00:19:15.460 Cold War relic. It's perfect. But his flying 00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:18.240 isn't just for fun. It's a form of public service. 00:19:18.250 --> 00:19:21.009 He has frequently assisted emergency services 00:19:21.009 --> 00:19:25.029 in Wyoming at their request. In 2000, he airlifted 00:19:25.029 --> 00:19:29.490 an EMT to a dehydrated hiker. The next year, 00:19:29.509 --> 00:19:31.950 he personally rescued a lost 13 -year -old Boy 00:19:31.950 --> 00:19:35.630 Scout. He is quite literally a real -life action 00:19:35.630 --> 00:19:37.650 hero. Which brings us to my favorite anecdote 00:19:37.650 --> 00:19:40.480 about his public service. It's just so human 00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:42.819 and hilarious. Go on. He was piloting his helicopter 00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:45.259 during a rescue mission. He pulls aboard this 00:19:45.259 --> 00:19:47.880 lost, severely disoriented hiker who, as soon 00:19:47.880 --> 00:19:49.920 as she gets in, promptly vomits into one of the 00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:52.700 other rescuers' caps. Oh, no. And the best part, 00:19:52.819 --> 00:19:55.099 she was so out of it, she had no idea that the 00:19:55.099 --> 00:19:57.200 pilot of the helicopter was Harrison Ford. When 00:19:57.200 --> 00:20:00.450 did she find out? Much, much later. And her reported 00:20:00.450 --> 00:20:02.990 reaction was, I can't believe I barfed in Harrison 00:20:02.990 --> 00:20:05.609 Ford's helicopter. That's amazing. It's the ultimate 00:20:05.609 --> 00:20:08.569 antidote to the Hollywood myth. It is. But this 00:20:08.569 --> 00:20:11.029 passion for aviation has also put him in serious 00:20:11.029 --> 00:20:13.609 danger. There have been several notable flying 00:20:13.609 --> 00:20:16.630 incidents over the years. In 1999, there was 00:20:16.630 --> 00:20:18.470 a helicopter crash during a training flight. 00:20:18.609 --> 00:20:21.190 No one was hurt, thankfully. But then came the 00:20:21.190 --> 00:20:24.759 really serious one in 2015. He was flying a World 00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:28.599 War II -era plane, a Ryan PT -22 Recruit, when 00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:31.339 he lost engine power. And he had to make an emergency 00:20:31.339 --> 00:20:34.059 landing on a golf course in California. That 00:20:34.059 --> 00:20:37.039 one was severe. He was hospitalized with a broken 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:39.359 pelvis and a broken ankle. It was a major, major 00:20:39.359 --> 00:20:41.279 incident. And then there were a couple of incidents 00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:44.299 with air traffic control. In 2017, he landed 00:20:44.299 --> 00:20:47.079 on a taxiway by mistake, flying right over a 00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:49.559 Boeing 737. Which is a huge safety violation. 00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:52.099 And then a similar thing happened in 2020 where 00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:53.940 he crossed a runway. while another plane was 00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:56.359 landing. He apparently misheard the instructions. 00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:59.670 So there's real risk involved. Absolutely. But 00:20:59.670 --> 00:21:01.750 despite that, his commitment to the aviation 00:21:01.750 --> 00:21:04.769 community is widely recognized. He chaired the 00:21:04.769 --> 00:21:07.849 EAA's Young Eagles program for years, personally 00:21:07.849 --> 00:21:10.069 flying hundreds of kids to introduce them to 00:21:10.069 --> 00:21:12.930 aviation. And beyond flying, he's been a dedicated 00:21:12.930 --> 00:21:15.690 environmental and political activist for decades, 00:21:16.049 --> 00:21:18.829 long before it became a fashionable celebrity 00:21:18.829 --> 00:21:22.309 cause. Since 1991, he's been the vice chair of 00:21:22.309 --> 00:21:24.750 Conservation International. He's been a spokesperson 00:21:24.750 --> 00:21:27.630 for Restore Hetch Hetchy in Yosemite. And he 00:21:27.630 --> 00:21:30.750 brings that same intensity to his advocacy. The 00:21:30.750 --> 00:21:33.430 incident in Indonesia in 2013 is a perfect example. 00:21:33.609 --> 00:21:35.869 Oh, yeah. He was filming a documentary and conducted 00:21:35.869 --> 00:21:38.309 this incredibly intense interview with the Indonesian 00:21:38.309 --> 00:21:41.509 forestry minister about illegal logging. And 00:21:41.509 --> 00:21:43.619 the interview was so confrontational. That the 00:21:43.619 --> 00:21:46.579 minister accused Ford and his crew of harassing 00:21:46.579 --> 00:21:49.299 state institutions and threatened to deport them. 00:21:49.380 --> 00:21:51.720 But instead of backing down, Ford leveraged his 00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:53.759 status to get a meeting with the president of 00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:56.359 Indonesia to make his case directly. He uses 00:21:56.359 --> 00:21:58.900 his fame as a tool. You can hear that passion 00:21:58.900 --> 00:22:01.180 in the speech he gave at the UN Climate Summit 00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:04.500 in 2019. He told world leaders to listen to the 00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:07.140 angry young people. And his closing line was 00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:10.279 just incredible. He told the leaders. The most 00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:12.380 important thing we can do for them is to get 00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:14.960 the hell out of their way. It's a call for institutional 00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:18.380 humility. And this is where his activism blends 00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:20.880 with science in this really extraordinary way. 00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:22.859 In recognition of his conservation work, the 00:22:22.859 --> 00:22:24.920 scientific community has named three different 00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:28.359 species after him. A spider, an ant, and most 00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:30.980 recently, a snake. Let's just pause on that. 00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:33.700 The man whose signature character is famously 00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:36.740 pathologically terrified of snakes. Now has a 00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:39.220 species of snake, the tachymenoid Harrison 40, 00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:42.359 named in his honor because of his real life conservation 00:22:42.359 --> 00:22:45.339 work. The irony is just magnificent. It's a beautiful 00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:48.000 full circle moment and his activism extends to 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:50.180 his personal life. He's a lifelong Democrat. 00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:53.079 He condemned the Iraq war and he consistently 00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:55.799 endorses candidates who prioritize the environment. 00:22:56.119 --> 00:22:58.660 And finally, there's this amazing feedback loop 00:22:58.660 --> 00:23:00.779 between his. fictional work as an archaeologist 00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:04.200 and his real -world service. Yes, the Indiana 00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:07.019 Joneses effect. He serves as a general trustee 00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:08.900 on the board of the Archaeological Institute 00:23:08.900 --> 00:23:11.420 of America. His mission is to raise awareness 00:23:11.420 --> 00:23:13.799 and help prevent looting and the illegal antiquities 00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:16.319 trade. He really bridges the gap between the 00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:18.880 fictional adventurer and the real -world fight 00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:21.660 for cultural preservation. And, of course, just 00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:24.519 a quick note on his personal life. married three 00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:26.920 times currently to Calista Flockhart, and he 00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:29.339 has five children. And he's pushed back on the 00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:31.599 idea he has social anxiety. Right. He said he 00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:33.799 just has an abhorrence of boring situations. 00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:37.000 Which, given the life he's led, seems completely 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:39.960 plausible. So when you look back, he's accumulated 00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:42.700 all the honors you'd expect for both the on -screen 00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:45.640 giant and the off -screen man. The awards for 00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:48.359 acting are just a testament to his impact. The 00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:50.619 Career Achievement Awards are the absolute gold 00:23:50.619 --> 00:23:53.730 standard. The AFI Life Achievement Award in 2000. 00:23:54.109 --> 00:23:57.470 The Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2002. And Honoré 00:23:57.470 --> 00:24:00.650 César in France. And Honoré Pomme d 'Or at Cannes. 00:24:00.809 --> 00:24:04.480 His global reputation is secure. And he was named 00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:07.880 a Disney legend in 2024 for, you know, Indiana 00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:11.000 Jones and Star Wars. He's won multiple Saturn 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:13.259 awards for those specific roles. And of course, 00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:15.180 he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:17.440 But what's almost more impressive are the awards 00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:19.880 dedicated to his other passions, the things that 00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:22.720 define the man beyond the myth. Absolutely. His 00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:25.160 conservation work was just recognized with the 00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:28.259 inaugural E .O. Wilson Legacy Award. That puts 00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:30.640 his environmental efforts on par with his acting. 00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:33.440 And his aviation services. been lauded constantly. 00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:36.079 The Living Legends of Aviation Award, the Wright 00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:38.380 Brothers Memorial Trophy. These are not celebrity 00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:40.799 awards. These are for genuine dedication to flight. 00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:44.259 And he got the SAG -AFTRA Foundations Artist's 00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:46.799 Inspiration Award in 2018 for that very combination 00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:49.900 of acting and philanthropy. They recognize that 00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:52.420 his service is just as significant as his stardom. 00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:54.660 It's so rare to find someone whose filmography 00:24:54.660 --> 00:24:57.119 is that massive, but whose non -professional 00:24:57.119 --> 00:24:59.380 life is equally rich with these high -impact 00:24:59.380 --> 00:25:02.869 contributions. So what does this all mean? The 00:25:02.869 --> 00:25:05.029 journey of Harrison Ford is not one of seamless 00:25:05.029 --> 00:25:08.730 success. It is a story defined by failure, expulsion, 00:25:08.930 --> 00:25:11.869 rejection, the necessity of becoming a carpenter, 00:25:11.890 --> 00:25:15.630 and just sheer, stubborn conviction. He went 00:25:15.630 --> 00:25:17.410 from being a philosophy major who couldn't get 00:25:17.410 --> 00:25:19.829 his degree, forced into a trade to support his 00:25:19.829 --> 00:25:23.309 family, to being a cinematic icon who also pilots 00:25:23.309 --> 00:25:26.490 real -life rescue missions and has three species 00:25:26.490 --> 00:25:29.029 named after him. The through line is resilience. 00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:32.559 and an incredible reliance on instinct. And that 00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:35.319 leads to this final provocative thought. It links 00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:38.539 directly to his late career revitalization. Remember, 00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:42.259 Ford accepted those huge roles in 1923 and shrinking. 00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:44.619 The rules that earned him his first Emmy nod 00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:47.140 and rejuvenated his career. Despite there being 00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:49.119 no complete script available when he said yes. 00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:51.599 He committed based purely on his conviction in 00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:53.799 the creative team and the idea of the project. 00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:56.819 His entire career has been about taking action 00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:59.720 based on instinct, trusting his gut, and leaping 00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:01.700 into the unknown. It was never about waiting 00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:03.559 for all the information to be perfect. It's a 00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:06.119 career defined by an abhorrence of boring situations, 00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:08.670 isn't it? It's about conviction leading to movement. 00:26:08.869 --> 00:26:11.990 So we'll leave you with this to reflect on. What 00:26:11.990 --> 00:26:14.650 major decision are you facing right now where 00:26:14.650 --> 00:26:16.349 you've gathered all the facts, you've analyzed 00:26:16.349 --> 00:26:19.849 every detail, but you're still hesitating? What 00:26:19.849 --> 00:26:22.890 could you achieve if you chose to operate like 00:26:22.890 --> 00:26:25.970 Harrison Ford at 80 years old based on pure conviction 00:26:25.970 --> 00:26:28.650 rather than demanding the complete story in advance? 00:26:29.029 --> 00:26:30.750 That is definitely something to chew on. Thanks 00:26:30.750 --> 00:26:32.130 for diving deep with us today.