Retirement is not on Harrison Ford's horizon anytime soon. The 82-year-old actor, known for his roles in 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones,' shared what keeps him engaged in the industry after so many years. 'Oh man, I get out of it essential human contact,' he told Vanity Fair in an interview published on Oct. 10.
'I get to imagine with people that have great skill and experience... It's fun to work with these people,' added the star of 'Shrinking,' who has five children and is married to actress Calista Flockhart. Ford's acting career began in 1963. He currently stars in Bill Lawrence's Apple TV+ comedy series alongside Jason Segel, Jessica Williams, Michael Urie, Lukita Maxwell, and Christa Miller. The show is set to return for Season 2 on Wednesday.
Although Ford rarely participates in comedy projects, especially on TV, he has fully embraced his role in 'Shrinking' as senior therapist Dr. Paul Rhoades. 'I always enjoyed humor. I loved jokes. I loved the construction of jokes,' he told Vanity Fair. 'My father was a joke teller. The wordsmithing and the ideas that lay behind a joke have always interested me.'
'When I was thinking about becoming an actor, I was ambitious for both kinds of work—serious drama and comedy,' the Hollywood icon recalled. 'I found myself doing both and not really distinguishing much between them. I think I think with the same actor's head about a joke as I do about a serious or emotional scene.'
Ford will also appear in the 2025 Marvel movie 'Captain America: Brave New World' as Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross / Red Hulk. He recently told GQ magazine that it would be 'silly' to decline a role in the hugely popular superhero film franchise. 'I mean, this is the Marvel universe and I'm just there on a weekend pass. I'm a sailor new to this town,' said Ford. He continued, 'I understand the appeal of other kinds of films besides the kind we made in the '80s and '90s. I don't have anything general to say about it. It's the condition our condition is in, and things change and morph and go on. We're silly if we sit around regretting the change and don't participate. I'm participating in a new part of the business that, for me at least, I think is really producing some good experiences for an audience. I enjoy that.'
Ford also mentioned that he bases his project choices at this stage of his career on 'the quality of writing.' 'It doesn't matter what the genre is. It doesn't matter whether it's on television or in movies. It's the writing, it's the story, it's the character, it's the emotional experience for an audience or for myself,' he explained. 'It's people that I have some feeling that I want to work with, or it's a quality opportunity.'
'I suppose I should be sitting on my ass,' the '1923' star added, 'but I actually love working.'
