Quotes by Miguel Ferrer

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

RoboCop was maybe the best summer of my entire life.

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 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.

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

'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.

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

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

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

I think my parents undoubtedly influenced me on some level.

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

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

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

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.

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.'

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.

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

You can have too much reality.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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 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.

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'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.

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