HARRISON FORD. Mosquito Coast. December 10, 1986. Photo by Klio Lee
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Oral History: Harrison Ford, From Philosophy to Acting

or over 40 years the HFPA has recorded famous and celebrated actors, actresses and filmmakers. The world’s largest collection of its kind – over 10,000  items- is now in the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Margaret Herrick Library.In this excerpt from our archives, Golden Globe nominee and Cecil B. deMille recipient Harrison Ford explains how he became an actor – by way of fear and carpentry.