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Fred Ward Biography

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Fred Ward, born on December 30, 1942, is an American actor known for his versatile performances in both film and television. He is recognized for his unique sense of humor and acting skills.

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“As an actor, it's fun to play guys who aren't just locked into a male pattern, but a lot of guys you're asked to play are fairly macho and have a certain rigid standard they're living by.”

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Author:Fred Ward

“I like to spread myself out. Since I was a kid, I always recognized some void.”

Kids Spread Void

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“If some woman tells me how she feels about something, my immediate assumption is that she wants an answer, or that she wants me to solve her problem. In fact, all she wants to do is share, or show how she feels.”

Ifs Want Feels Facts Shows Problem Answers Share Solve Assumption Want Me He Wants Me

Author:Fred Ward

“Trying different things is very important to me. I see people and want to wear their clothes and drive in their cars for awhile. Thats probably one reason I became an actor.”

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“My career has been a bit strange. I dont think it took the normal route.”

Thinking Has Beens Bits Careers Strange Normal Routes

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“There was always a creative impulse in me but I never felt rooted to anything.”

Felt Creative Impulse Rooted

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“I think were struggling with trying to redefine various positions at this point in history. To allow freedom for women, freedom for men, freedom from those sharply defined gender roles.”

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Author:Fred Ward

“There's nothing like castrating 20 pigs before lunch. I did that during school whenever the need arose. They'd call out the agricultural class and put us in trucks to go help the local farmers.”

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Author:Fred Ward

“In this play we're dealing with relative truths - who's lying, who's telling the truth. But underneath that, Ed and I have hit this deeper level of intimacy between old friends that comes out in the play.”

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“It's like a prehistoric reflex, you know, going out and getting the meat and bringing it back to the cave. You feel you're supposed to make it better, but more than likely she's asking you to tell her how you feel.”

Knows Feels Asking Meat Going Out Caves How You Feel Reflexes Prehistoric Prehistoric Man

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“I doing casual labor by the day. They wouldn't pay you until the next morning. There was a bar that would cash your check if you bought a beer first. A lot of guys never left until they'd drunk up all their money.”

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Author:Fred Ward

“When you're a father, you know exactly where your heart really is. There's no question of it, no doubt. That part of your life has no second guessing.”

Knows Heart Father Doubt No Doubt Guessing Second Guessing

Author:Fred Ward

“I was just talking about women, just in terms of understanding them as much as we can ever understand the opposite sex. I'm trying to let go of certain male approaches to things that you inherit, that you grow up with.”

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Author:Fred Ward

“It's a major part of world history that men are trying to kill each other. It's just one slaughter after the other. We talk about it, but no one's really listening.”

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Author:Fred Ward

About the Author

Born: December 30, 1942
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 14

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