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Harrison Fordsimply isn’t ready to retire from Hollywood.
As Ford appeared onWho’s Talking to Chris Wallace?, set to air Friday, the 80-year-oldIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destinyactor told host Chris Wallace, “I don’t do well when I don’t have work,” when askedwhether he’s given retirement any thought.
“I love to work. I love to feel useful. It’s my jones,” Ford, who turns 81 next month, said during the interview. “I want to be helpful.”
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“I feel very strongly that it does [pull it off],” he added, before noting: “It’s time for me to grow up,” as he moves on from the longtime action-adventure franchise.
“Six years ago, I thought maybe we ought to take a shot at making another one. And I wanted it to be about age because I think that rounds out the story that we’ve told and we’ve brought it to the right place,” he said, opining that 2008’sKingdom of the Crystal Skulldid not end with “a real strong feeling of the conclusion or the closure that I always hoped for.”
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“Speaking to this issue of age, not making jokes about it, but but making it a real thing,” Ford added of his desire for the new film.When Ford — who has beenfilming scenes for the nextCaptain Americamovielately — spoke with PEOPLE recently, he said he has not lost any of his love for the film industry.
“I probably enjoy making movies more now than I ever did,” he said. “I don’t want to be young again. I was young, and now I enjoy being old.”
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“No one ever believes this, but I never wanted to be rich and famous,” he said recently. “I just wanted to be an actor.”
New episodes ofWho’s Talking to Chris Wallace?are available Friday mornings on Max and air at 10 p.m. ET on CNN.Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destinyis in theaters June 30.
source: people.com
