Miguel Ferrer Quotes

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Miguel Ferrer

Profession : Actor

Birth : February 7, 1955

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.

Miguel Ferrer

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

Miguel Ferrer

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.

Miguel Ferrer

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

Miguel Ferrer

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.

Miguel Ferrer

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.

Miguel Ferrer

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

Miguel Ferrer

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.

Miguel Ferrer

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.

Miguel Ferrer

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.

Miguel Ferrer

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

Miguel Ferrer

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.

Miguel Ferrer

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.

Miguel Ferrer

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

Miguel Ferrer

You can have too much reality.

Miguel Ferrer

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

Miguel Ferrer

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.

Miguel Ferrer

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.'

Miguel Ferrer

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.

Miguel Ferrer

Having grown up around the theater, I've been moved by so many plays. Being a part of it, however small, is special.

Miguel Ferrer