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Actor Collection

Richard Harris

Quotes from roles across 3 films.

At a glance

14 quotes

30 quote notes

2 characters

3 movies

About this actor archive

Richard Harris has 14 curated movie quotes in this archive, connected to Gladiator, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and roles such as Albus Dumbledore and Marcus Aurelius. This page is designed to make those credited lines easier to browse by performance rather than by title alone.

The page focuses on attribution and performance context. Instead of treating the quote as a detached saying, it keeps Richard Harris's role, film, and recurring themes visible together.

Performance Context

Begin with Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The quote data currently connects Richard Harris to wisdom, courage, and hope, with tags such as choices, character, identity, rome, dream, and legacy, giving readers a practical path into related roles and themes.

Performance-led browsing

The archive lets readers start from Richard Harris and move into films, roles, and themes without losing the credited source of each line.

Role and tone comparison

Even a small actor collection can show how different characters carry different emotional jobs across Gladiator, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

Expandable credit trail

The page is structured so future quotes can deepen the actor archive while preserving movie, character, and tag context.

Why it still works

Richard Harris's actor page works because it connects quote discovery to credited performance. That makes the page more useful than a plain list of names or an anonymous quote collection.

Editorial review: 2026-04-24

Richard Harris Quotes

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🦁Courage & Bravery
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."

Albus Dumbledore

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) • Richard Harris

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🦉Wisdom
"There was once a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it."

Marcus Aurelius

Gladiator (2000) • Richard Harris

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🌟Life & Philosophy
"Nothing happens to anyone that he is not fitted by nature to bear."

Marcus Aurelius

Gladiator (2000) • Richard Harris

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🦁Courage & Bravery
"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends."

Albus Dumbledore

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) • Richard Harris

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🦁Courage & Bravery
"It is not our abilities that show us what we truly are."

Albus Dumbledore

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) • Richard Harris

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🦁Courage & Bravery
"I am well aware of our bylaws, Severus, having written quite a few of them myself."

Albus Dumbledore

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) • Richard Harris

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🦁Courage & Bravery
"However, as head of Gryffindor House, it is for Professor McGonagall to determine the appropriate action."

Albus Dumbledore

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) • Richard Harris

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🦁Courage & Bravery
"I want it understood, Cornelius, that Hagrid has my full confidence."

Albus Dumbledore

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) • Richard Harris

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🦁Courage & Bravery
"And what exactly is it that you want with me?"

Albus Dumbledore

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) • Richard Harris

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🦁Courage & Bravery
"If the governors desire my removal, I will, of course, step aside."

Albus Dumbledore

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) • Richard Harris

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🦁Courage & Bravery
"When the governors learned that Arthur Weasley's daughter was taken into the Chamber, they saw fit to summon me back."

Albus Dumbledore

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) • Richard Harris

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🦁Courage & Bravery
"Curiously, Lucius, several of them were under the impression that you would curse their families if they did not agree to suspend me in the first place."

Albus Dumbledore

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) • Richard Harris

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🦁Courage & Bravery
"One hopes that no more of Voldemort's old school things should find their way into innocent hands."

Albus Dumbledore

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) • Richard Harris

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🦁Courage & Bravery
"Tell me again, Maximus, why are we here?"

Marcus Aurelius

Gladiator (2000) • Richard Harris

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Quote Expansion Notes

30 source-aware ways to read Richard Harris quotes

30 notes

These are original editorial notes, not additional film dialogue. They expand the actor page with verified source context, usage angles, and internal paths while keeping the actual quote database limited to credited movie lines.

Note 01

Richard Harris quote note: credited source first

Read every Richard Harris line through source attribution first: movie, character, and scene context matter before the line becomes a reusable quote.

Albus Dumbledore quote

Note 02

Richard Harris performance lens

The actor archive connects Richard Harris to Albus Dumbledore and Marcus Aurelius, so readers can compare performance tone instead of seeing isolated text fragments.

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Themes readers can follow

This actor page connects the current quote set to wisdom, courage, hope, and life, which gives visitors a reliable path into related quote collections.

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Tag pattern for discovery

Tags such as choices, character, identity, rome, dream, legacy, stoicism, and endurance make the actor page useful even when readers remember the feeling of a line before they remember the exact film.

#choices

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Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Use this credited Richard Harris line as a source-aware quote: it belongs to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and carries wisdom / courage context.

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choices connection

For readers browsing by theme, this quote naturally leads toward choices, character, and identity and keeps Richard Harris's performance attached to that path.

#choices

Note 09

Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator

Use this credited Richard Harris line as a source-aware quote: it belongs to Gladiator (2000) and carries wisdom / hope context.

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Gladiator quote angle

The line works differently when read as part of a action / drama story rather than as an anonymous saying.

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rome connection

For readers browsing by theme, this quote naturally leads toward rome, dream, and legacy and keeps Richard Harris's performance attached to that path.

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Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator

Use this credited Richard Harris line as a source-aware quote: it belongs to Gladiator (2000) and carries wisdom / life context.

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Note 13

Gladiator quote angle

The line works differently when read as part of a action / drama story rather than as an anonymous saying.

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stoicism connection

For readers browsing by theme, this quote naturally leads toward stoicism, endurance, and nature and keeps Richard Harris's performance attached to that path.

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Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Use this credited Richard Harris line as a source-aware quote: it belongs to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) and carries friendship / courage / wisdom context.

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bravery connection

For readers browsing by theme, this quote naturally leads toward bravery, friends, and integrity and keeps Richard Harris's performance attached to that path.

#bravery

Note 18

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Use this credited Richard Harris line as a source-aware quote: it belongs to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and carries wisdom / courage context.

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choices connection

For readers browsing by theme, this quote naturally leads toward choices, character, and identity and keeps Richard Harris's performance attached to that path.

#choices

Note 21

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Use this credited Richard Harris line as a source-aware quote: it belongs to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and carries wisdom / courage context.

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Note 23

choices connection

For readers browsing by theme, this quote naturally leads toward choices, character, and identity and keeps Richard Harris's performance attached to that path.

#choices

Note 24

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Use this credited Richard Harris line as a source-aware quote: it belongs to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and carries wisdom / courage context.

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Note 26

choices connection

For readers browsing by theme, this quote naturally leads toward choices, character, and identity and keeps Richard Harris's performance attached to that path.

#choices

Note 27

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Use this credited Richard Harris line as a source-aware quote: it belongs to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and carries wisdom / courage context.

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Note 29

choices connection

For readers browsing by theme, this quote naturally leads toward choices, character, and identity and keeps Richard Harris's performance attached to that path.

#choices

Note 30

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Use this credited Richard Harris line as a source-aware quote: it belongs to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and carries wisdom / courage context.

Open quote page