Below, Harris recalls somebut by no means allof his finest and most popular work.
And Mary Elizabeth stood up and said, ‘We are not animals!"
and walked off the set.
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They were going to let me just keep slapping her around!…
And, nowadays, there are no hard feelings toward Cameron.
“I like Jim.
He’s an incredibly talented, intelligent guy.
In subsequence years after filming, it was always good to see him.”
We asked if there was any competitiveness on set.
I give it to you, you give it back to me, and vice versa…
Going to that set, you really felt like you were in the control room….
The thing I appreciate about [Kranz] is he’s not concerned about himself.
The moment I recall the most is when [the NASA team]realizes we finally succeededand everybody cheers.
I remember this energy, taking it in and appreciating the work that everybody’s done."
“[DirectorPeter Weir’s wife] Wendy [Stites] was costuming it.
At one point, she put that beret on me and that helped a lot.
Sometimes the physical things can really put you in the space.
I thought it turned out nicely.”
“I spent almost a whole decade working on that movie.
I don’t know if I ever did anything very good.
“A different kind of character for me.
Harris calls the film the best time he’s had on set and would like to make a sequel.
I wanted it to be made in a certain classic way.
I was proud of it.
