If you want to do your version, go off and write it. You bring your knowledge to it, and you can use that to shape it and color it, but it's someone else's version of that character. You're not actually playing the real person.
Jared HarrisI never lost an argument and my parents assumed I would be a lawyer. They cast me in that role.
Jared HarrisI wasn't aware of my dad being an actor when I was young. I remember there was an Australian children's entertainer on television called Ralph Harris and when I'd say my father was an actor, kids would say, you know, 'oh, is he Ralph Harris?' And I had to say no and then they would lose interest.
Jared HarrisI think at some point every actor has practiced their acceptance speech while they're having a shower. It's fun.
Jared Harris