HARRISON FORD - FORD: `SERIOUS MESSAGE MOVIES AREN'T ENTERTAINING'

FORD: `SERIOUS MESSAGE MOVIES AREN'T ENTERTAINING'

Movie star HARRISON FORD refuses to take part in movies with messages - because he fears they're not entertaining enough.
The actor is among the top five box office draws in the world and insists that's partly because he makes sure all of his film projects are potential big hits.
He tells the new issue of U.S. magazine Cowboys + Indians, "I think that you're obliged to offer entertainment - that people go to films to be entertained, not to be instructed.
"Films that are instructional, if you will, are just not as successful as movie experiences. And there are probably other places where opinion can be affected more substantially.
"I like the kinds of films that I do. My sense of it is that this is a service occupation. We are storytellers.
"Movies are so expensive these days, you not only have to tell your story well but you have to tell a story that people around the campfire want to hear. It's always been that way."