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tv star collector · 12-23-2005, 09:12 AM

At 23, Harrison Ford made his film debut, as a clerk delivering a telegram to
James Coburn in the film "Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round." The Columbia brass
weren't impressed, esp. a producer named Jerry Tokovsky, who called Ford into
his office and explained to him what a star was. Or rather, what a star WASN'T
--which was Ford.

"Kid," Tokovsky said, "in the first movie Tony Curtis ever made, he played a
grocery clerk and you could take one look at him and know, THAT is a movie
star."

Ford, unfazed, replied, "I thought the point was that you were supposed to
look at him and think this is a grocery clerk."

(Source: PEOPLE magazine)

Dean Winchester · 12-23-2005, 04:36 PM

after Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Jack Ryan, Air Force One, Blade Runner and so forth... I bet that studio suit has eaten his words many times

12-23-2005, 09:12 AM	#1
tv star collector I Love Susie Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 18, 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 4,486	Harrison Ford: "What a Star Is" At 23, Harrison Ford made his film debut, as a clerk delivering a telegram to James Coburn in the film "Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round." The Columbia brass weren't impressed, esp. a producer named Jerry Tokovsky, who called Ford into his office and explained to him what a star was. Or rather, what a star WASN'T --which was Ford. "Kid," Tokovsky said, "in the first movie Tony Curtis ever made, he played a grocery clerk and you could take one look at him and know, THAT is a movie star." Ford, unfazed, replied, "I thought the point was that you were supposed to look at him and think this is a grocery clerk." (Source: PEOPLE magazine)

12-23-2005, 04:36 PM	#2
Dean Winchester Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 28, 2003 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 14,803	after Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Jack Ryan, Air Force One, Blade Runner and so forth... I bet that studio suit has eaten his words many times