Harrison Ford

Each weekend, because of my father's job, we would go to the Lincoln Park Zoo, where he was in charge of doing live commercials for kennel ration dog food.

And so I would go with my dad, and I'd spend time with Marlon Perkins, who is the

Who ran the Lincoln Park Zoo and had a program called Zoo Parade, which was on every Saturday.

So I got behind the scenes tours of the animal enclosures and might have been a part of my sensitizing to nature.

I think it is.

In my third year of college, I was a little lost.

I was failing at school.

I felt isolated, alone.

And then I found the company of people putting on plays, storytellers, people I once thought were misfits and geeks turned out to be my people.

I found a calling, a life in storytelling, an identity in pretending to be other people.

The work I do with other actors is one of the great joys of my life.

My career is built on their work, as well as the work of writers, directors, and every single cast member, every crew member I've ever been on the set with.

I've had incredible collaborators at every step of the way.

And being able to deliver the work we create together to an audience is an honor and a privilege.

And because of that privilege, I've come to know myself.

Not really.

I was trying not to do that.

Just because I wanted to convey an idea.

I didn't want a posture.

Oh, just ignorance, stupidity.