While under a contract with Columbia Pictures in 1966, Ford reflected on his early struggles during a Wednesday interview with Variety. The role in question? A small part in the 1966 film “Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round,” one that earned him just $150 per week.

Harrison Ford revealed that a movie executive once told him that he would never make it in Hollywood unless he changed his name and got a haircut like Elvis Presley.