Harrison Ford Had No Faith ‘Star Wars’ Would Succeed

Asked by Home Media magazine what his “defining memory” of Star Wars was, Harrison Ford responded,

“The day my accountant convinced me that the success of the film and the two sequels that I was in meant I would never be poor again. It was a very Scarlett O’Hara moment considering prior to that I was making more of a living as a carpenter than an actor.”

Ford indicated that he had little confidence while he was making Star Wars that it would become successful.

“Whenever we would ask [director George] Lucas what we were shooting at or fleeing from he’d just tell us the special effects will be put in much later and that will explain everything, George will never be known as an actor’s director.”

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