Mark Harmon quotes

It's a lot easier to do good work when you have good words to say and work with good people. (Mark Harmon)
How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up two cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point?
Mark Harmon
I like this job - most days I have a chance to make breakfast and take the kids to school or to read 'em a bedtime story. It's almost like a normal life.
Mark Harmon
If other people think I'm okay looking, that's great, but I don't see it myself. When I look in the mirror, all I see is a bunch of fake teeth and football scars.
Mark Harmon
Some people say it's scarier to direct the people you work with; not me, I'm a team guy.
Mark Harmon
I'm just beginning to direct. For all intents and purposes, this is the first time for me.
Mark Harmon
I'm thankful to get the opportunity to direct. I hope I don't mess it up.
Mark Harmon
I think if you get asked to do this, then that's called doing your homework, and I try and do it.
Mark Harmon
At Chicago Hope they have a technical staff that works real hard to make that O.R. as realistic as possible.
Mark Harmon
St. Elsewhere was certainly a great show.
Mark Harmon
I don't have regret about things I've done that are successful or not successful or what people perceive or don't know or whatever. I just know for me it had to be the right choice at the time. Sometimes that choice is just about getting a job. (Mark Harmon)
My parents kept things real. I had no idea they were famous. In fact, it didn't hit me until one day when I was riding in the car with my father in Ann Arbor, Michigan-I was maybe 8 and could barely see above the dashboard-and we stopped at a crosswalk. Suddenly we were surrounded by people who recognized my dad and were really thrilled to see him. I remember looking at this man I thought I knew so well and thinking, "Who are you?”.
Mark Harmon
Gibbs is thankful to be alive. He really thought life was over, and for him to admit that is huge, because he's not that kind of guy. After all this time, the writers still find new places to take him. NCIS was never a show about the crime cases, because sometimes we solve 'em, sometimes we don't. This is a show about characters. The audience takes real ownership of the people we play.
Mark Harmon
I was never interested in playing him with a big red S on his chest. I'm much more attracted to the underbelly stuff. Gibbs is a loner, with emotional scars a mile deep that run in a million different directions. At work, he's a leader. But who is he if you take away his job? I play him, and even I don't know the answer to that.
Mark Harmon
Change is healthy. Any actor can depart this show and it will survive. In my mind, there is nothing unclear about how I got here. You go to different shows and hear the chirping about who's No. 1 on the call sheet or who has the biggest trailer. For me, it's about doing a job as well as you can. If your job is to get somebody coffee-and I did that in my early days-then make it the best cup of coffee possible. Do the work. And do it with pride.
Mark Harmon