Mark Harmon Quotes

I`m in the business to push it. I`m not likely to be attracted to characters I`ve already done. I have to be almost frightened by the possibility of taking it on. Over the years I realise I must enjoy walking that edge, I keep doing it. It`s why I like what I do. The only other job I`ve ever had that provides that time in the morning where you`re going to work and you can`t wait to get there and the sun`s rising and you`re moving toward something you look forward to getting up and doing every day was being a carpenter. And it was because you`re doing something different every day.

How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up two cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What`s the point?

When I got divorced and moved into an apartment, I started keeping the TV on, just for company.

I think if you get asked to do this, then that`s called doing your homework, and I try and do it.

I`m in the business to push it. I`m not likely to be attracted to characters I`ve already done.

I`m just beginning to direct. For all intents and purposes, this is the first time for me.

I tried to pick up some speech patterns from a couple of different Presidents, but other than that, I just wanted to play the role believable.

At Chicago Hope they have a technical staff - there are rehearsals separated from the rest of the show to try and make it as realistic as possible.

I have to be almost frightened by the possibility of taking it on. Over the years I realize I must enjoy walking that edge, I keep doing it.

It`s a lot easier to do good work when you have good words to say and work with good people.

I`m thankful to get the opportunity to direct. I hope I don`t mess it up.

St. Elsewhere was certainly a great show.

I like this job - most days I have a chance to make breakfast and take the kids to school or to read `em a bedtime story. It`s almost like a normal life.

The only other job I`ve ever had where you can`t wait to get there was being a carpenter. It was because you`re doing something different every day.

At Chicago Hope they have a technical staff that works real hard to make that O.R. as realistic as possible.

Some people say it`s scarier to direct the people you work with; not me, I`m a team guy.

McNeil and I are very different people. McNeil is the guy you hope does your surgery, but not the kind of guy you wanna have dinner with.

People think what you are doing is real, on a TV show.