JARED HARRIS

FARM HAND

“Cleaning out a chicken run in 120 degrees in a tin hut on a kibbutz in Israel was a memorable experience that I do not want to repeat. It was meant to take me three days to do and I did it in about six hours. I cleaned that place out. They looked at me and said, ‘Jesus Christ, this guy pulls his finger out. He can get a lot done.’ But I had taken a look at it and said, ‘No way am I coming back tomorrow. I am finishing this fucking job today.’ I had a little trowel with a six-inch head and a piece of wood. The place hadn’t been cleaned out for probably four or five months, and it was basically a giant, steaming, crusty mess of chicken-shit pie.”