Barnaby Jones was given to me by my wife melancholytimelord.
He tells Details magazine, “I think he was a f**king idiot. As an actor, I think it’s my obligation to support the film without making a complete ass of myself. Shia is ambitious, attentive, and talented - and he’s learning how to deal with a situation which is very unique and difficult.”
Back then, of course, no one knew that young Harry, as he was known, would be so big. His dream was to become a forest ranger, and—by his own estimation—his sex appeal was just this side of roadkill. “I wasn’t appealing to girls in the normal way,” he says. “I was like a beaten dog or something.”
People Magazine | 2000
And there may be an inexplicable quirk or two. “When he meets people,” claims The Fugitive’s Sela Ward, “he looks at everybody’s shoes. When I first arrived in Chicago, I happened to be wearing cowboy boots. I noticed that he really checked out my shoes, and I thought, ‘We must be bonding over my boots. I have a farm, he has a ranch…’ “
People Magazine | 2000
