# Harrison Ford on Letterman **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 22, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-on-letterman/525969 "2010-01-22T05:36:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-on-letterman/525969/1 "2010-01-22T05:36:25Z")
Love the guy…LOVE him! He seemed quite stuttery and befuddled, though. Just me, or did anyone else notice this? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-on-letterman/525969/2 "2010-01-22T05:39:41Z")
He’s always like that unscripted. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-on-letterman/525969/3 "2010-01-22T05:41:13Z")
Yep…that’s why you rarely see him do Letterman, et. al. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-on-letterman/525969/4 "2010-01-22T05:49:21Z")
Thanks! I had no idea! ---
**Author:** ![valleyofthedolls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a4c791/32.png) [@valleyofthedolls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/valleyofthedolls)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-on-letterman/525969/5 "2010-01-22T05:51:11Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > Love the guy…LOVE him! He seemed quite stuttery and befuddled, though. Just me, or did anyone else notice this? Didn’t see this appearance but yes, I have noticed this to the point that I’ve often wondered whether he bakes before an interview. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-on-letterman/525969/6 "2010-01-22T07:45:08Z")
Harrison Ford hates interviews. He thinks of himself as being very dull, so anything that isn’t about what’s happening right now that second (i.e. the movie he’s promoting) makes him uncomfortable. And even then, he’d rather not, if he can avoid it. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-on-letterman/525969/7 "2010-01-22T07:49:58Z")
Isaw him on a talk show several years ago, and he suddenly burst out and said he had adult acne. Thanks for that tidbit, Harrison. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-on-letterman/525969/8 "2010-01-22T08:21:31Z")
At least he isn’t wearing that mid-life-crisis earring any more. AFAIK. ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-on-letterman/525969/9 "2010-01-22T09:11:59Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > At least he isn’t wearing that mid-life-crisis earring any more. AFAIK. He is in [this recent interview photo](http://www.avclub.com/articles/harrison-ford,37144/). Also regarding his hatred of interviewing: > [@](#): > > The A.V. Club: You have a reputation for hating doing publicity interviews. Does having that out front help? Do you think it makes people approach you any differently? > > Harrison Ford: I didn’t know that I had that reputation. I think that was something that—obviously you’ve done your research, but I think I was characterized that way early on in my career, and it stuck. I don’t mind doing interviews. I don’t mind answering thoughtful questions. But I’m not thrilled about answering questions like “If you were being mugged, and you had a lightsaber in one pocket and a whip in the other, which would you use?” ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-on-letterman/525969/10 "2010-01-22T09:50:03Z")
> [@CaveMike](#): > > He is in [this recent interview photo](http://www.avclub.com/articles/harrison-ford,37144/). Oh, good Lord. You might as well put one of those on Gene Hackman. > [@](#): > > “If you were being mugged, and you had a lightsaber in one pocket and a whip in the other, which would you use?” Just for that, I hereby resolve to ask him exactly this question if I ever happen to run into him at a cocktail party. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-on-letterman/525969/11 "2010-01-22T10:02:43Z")
Yeah, I think it’s a great question, though he might simply prefer to beat the crap out of the mugger. And, if he carries a whip in is pocket, is it a tiny whip or a giant pocket? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-on-letterman/525969/12 "2010-01-22T15:33:57Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > Just for that, I hereby resolve to ask him exactly this question if I ever happen to run into him at a cocktail party. What a stupid question. I mean, EVERYONE knows he’d just reach into his pocket, pull out a pistol, and (anticlimactically) shoot the mugger. ---
**Author:** ![HorseloverFat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@HorseloverFat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HorseloverFat)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-on-letterman/525969/13 "2010-01-22T15:44:23Z")
My pet theory is that he suffered a stroke a couple years ago. I dont remember him being such a bad interviewee. He was on Conan a while back promoting that Indiana Jones sequel, and he seemed completely out of it. Part of his face looks droopy too. Either that or he’s a drunk/addict. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-on-letterman/525969/14 "2010-01-22T16:50:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Also regarding his hatred of interviewing: > > > [@](#): > > > > Quote: > > The A.V. Club: You have a reputation for hating doing publicity interviews. Does having that out front help? Do you think it makes people approach you any differently? > > > > Harrison Ford: I didn’t know that I had that reputation. I think that was something that—obviously you’ve done your research, but I think I was characterized that way early on in my career, and it stuck. I don’t mind doing interviews. I don’t mind answering thoughtful questions. But I’m not thrilled about answering questions like “If you were being mugged, and you had a lightsaber in one pocket and a whip in the other, which would you use?” Wow, just in this morning’s Chicago Red Eye, they had an interview between their guy and Ford where he ASKED THIS QUESTION. AV Club is based in Chicago so I imagine Ford did the interviews with both writers on the same day (probably when he was just here for his new movie’s premiere). I’m not a big fan of the Red Eye’s writer (his questions are usually inane) so this quip from Ford really made me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-on-letterman/525969/15 "2010-01-22T17:01:04Z")
> [@HelloNinja](#): > > AV Club is based in Chicago… AV Club is based in Chicago? I did not know that. I always assumed they moved to New York too. I think your re-creation of events is spot-on. ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-on-letterman/525969/16 "2010-01-22T17:03:00Z")
> [@HorseloverFat](#): > > My pet theory is that he suffered a stroke a couple years ago. I dont remember him being such a bad interviewee. I remember him being very awkward on Letterman or The Tonight Show a long time ago. I can’t even remember the film he was promoting. My pet theory is that he suffered a mid-life crisis (hence the idiotic earing). Personally, I have found him very annoying ever since. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-on-letterman/525969/17 "2010-01-22T17:13:24Z")
> [@HorseloverFat](#): > > My pet theory is that he suffered a stroke a couple years ago. I dont remember him being such a bad interviewee. He was on Conan a while back promoting that Indiana Jones sequel, and he seemed completely out of it. Part of his face looks droopy too. Either that or he’s a drunk/addict. I thought I heard once that there was serious drug use on the set of one of the Star Wars movies? ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-on-letterman/525969/18 "2010-01-22T17:15:16Z")
I met him once, and goddamnit, I wish I’d asked the whip/lightsaber question. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-on-letterman/525969/19 "2010-01-22T17:20:53Z")
> [@CaveMike](#): > > AV Club is based in Chicago? I did not know that. I always assumed they moved to New York too. > > I think your re-creation of events is spot-on. Yep, their offices are located right next to the Chicago brown-line stop. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-on-letterman/525969/20 "2010-01-22T18:05:04Z")
> [@HorseloverFat](#): > > My pet theory is that he suffered a stroke a couple years ago. I dont remember him being such a bad interviewee. He was on Conan a while back promoting that Indiana Jones sequel, and he seemed completely out of it. Part of his face looks droopy too. Either that or he’s a drunk/addict. I would doubt either option. The guy owns and pilots seven aircraft, including a jet and a helicopter. I seriously doubt that his license would be renewed if he had had a stroke, and I suspect we would have heard about a smoking hole in the ground if he was a drunk. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-on-letterman/525969.md?page=2)