Quotes from Miguel Ferrer

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.

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

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 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.

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

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 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.

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

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'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.

RoboCop was maybe the best summer of my entire life.

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

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

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.'

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

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.

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'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.

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'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.

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

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.

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