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  • Actor
  • 1955 - 2017
  • 44 quotes

Miguel Ferrer, an actor (1955 - 2017), is quoted 44 times on QuoteForever. The subjects that come up most often are Thinking, Page, Drums and Summer.

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I didn't sing, but I did play the drums.

I always act better when I'm able to curse.

RoboCop was maybe the best summer of my entire life.

I think 'On The Air' was a little too bizarre for TV.

'RoboCop' was maybe the best summer of my entire life.

I'm not really a guy who draws on things from my own past.

Maybe I was intimidated by my father's talent and success.

I think my parents undoubtedly influenced me on some level.

I've been so fortunate in that people respond to what I do.

My favorite place in the whole world is Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

My mother was loved by so many people, famous and not so famous.

'Traffic' was so good, and I really don't want to take a step back.

'The Stand' was great. Adapted by Stephen King from his massive book.

I've played the drums for so long, I can't imagine saying goodbye to it.

First and foremost, it's got to be on the page. It starts with the writing.

It's always fun when you don't have to trot your stuff out, especially as a young guy.

I have teenage boys and I think teenage boys require a father to have eyeballs on them at all times.

People sorta know my face, but I can still go out to the supermarket, and nobody pays much attention.

If everything else falls apart and I'm broke, in 20 years I'll still be able to do 'Twin Peaks' conventions.

I think villainy just comes naturally to me. I get to work it out naturally so I can be a nice person in life.

I was a musician for years before I started doing this stuff. Show business was the only thing I ever considered.

I think if you're a competent actor with a good imagination, and if it's on the page, it makes your job a lot easier.

The first several years I was an actor, I sort of eked out a living playing thugs almost exclusively until 'Robocop.'

I don't know what it is that I do, but when I play a really bad guy, I'm able to bring some level of likability to it.

The quality of education that children receive early in life has a bearing on their later life that we may never fully understand.

I'm not one of those people who writes a biography or tries to figure out what kind of ice cream the character liked when he was 10.

My dad won an Oscar in 1951 with an un-Anglicized name, the first Hispanic to ever win an Oscar, and the Academy is so intractable to this day.

If your attention is on superfluous aspects that are not part of the story, then you can't be concentrating on the human realities of the piece.

I made an enjoyable living as a very young man, but I think as I became more comfortable and knowledgeable about myself and what I wanted, I moved into acting.

I'd love to find a small movie that someone would sign off on me to do. I have no aspirations to do a big studio film because I don't think anyone would let me.

I thought 'ER' was a really good script, but I didn't have any inkling that it would become the phenomenon that it did, and I don't think anybody did back then.

In most cases, I think most executive producers and studio executives really do their best to accommodate you. At least, that's been my experience in most cases.

I wanted to stay on TV because I've got kids who are school-aged, so I get to see them most days as opposed to going away for movies months and months at a time.

My boys have both said they want to be in the movies or on TV, and anytime I hear that, I say, 'That's wonderful; you're free to do it right after you graduate from college.'

I think I was never home when I was directing, because you're either prepping, shooting, or editing, and then acting at the same time. It's really time-consuming, but it was great fun.

The enormously diverse culture where people can agree and disagree is just amazing, and to learn about the events that took place here over millennia has been fantastic. It's a trip I'll never forget.

I was drawn to it much to my father's dismay. He wanted me to be a pianist like he was, but I had coarser tastes - like that old joke: What do you call a guy who hangs around with musicians? A drummer.

We were given clear concrete tools. The course did a great job demystifying the art of fiction writing and fostering confidence. The instructor brought complex concepts down to earth. I will miss coming here every week.

I feel great about [War Cries regular series]. It's my third year with the show and every season the part's sort of increased and gotten more and more interesting so I'm really thrilled to just be more a part of things.

Came to acting pretty late. It looked wonderful, but I guess I was intimidated by my father. I look a bit like him, and he was so much bigger than life and so great, it took me a bit longer than most people to have enough confidence in myself.

I'm not really a guy who draws on things from my own past. I think if you're a competent actor with a good imagination, and if it's on the page, it makes your job a lot easier. If it's well written, it allows your imagination to run wild and draw inspiration from that.

Big Stephen King fan. I think he's dismissed often as a hack probably because of his prolific body of work, but he's anything but. I think he's a terrific writer. And not just a genre writer; he really approaches a number of complexities in everything he writes. So I'm a huge fan.

I was a musician and did moderately well at that. I made an enjoyable living as a very young man, but I think as I became more comfortable and knowledgeable about myself and what I wanted, I moved into acting. I came to it rather late - later than most. I just really wanted to try my hand, and thankfully, it worked out for the most part.

People ask me all the time how I prepare and, to tell you the truth, I think if what's on the page is rich and compelling, as far as I'm concerned, if it's beautifully presented on the page, all you have to do is put yourself there and pretend, and the rest takes care of itself. That is, unless it's a real stretch with an accent or if history matters where research has to be done.

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