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

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I think my parents undoubtedly influenced me on some level.

Undoubtedly Undo UN

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.

Miguel Ferrer

Time Home Great

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

Miguel Ferrer

Good Want Traffic

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

Work Life Villainy

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

Miguel Ferrer

Art Age Writing

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

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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

Great Art Yin

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

Miguel Ferrer

Love Famous Us

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

Men Good Would

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.

Miguel Ferrer

T Some Ring

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

Time Movies You

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.

Miguel Ferrer

Life Great Wonderful

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

Miguel Ferrer

Music Business Art

You can have too much reality.

Miguel Ferrer

You Too Much Too

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

Miguel Ferrer

Success Timid Tim

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

Miguel Ferrer

T Sing Sin

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

Art Up UN

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

Miguel Ferrer

Wyoming World Whole

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

Miguel Ferrer

Art Years Year

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

Knowledge Young Man Young

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

Miguel Ferrer

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

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 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 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

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

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

Miguel Ferrer

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

Miguel Ferrer

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

Miguel Ferrer

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.

Miguel Ferrer

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.

Miguel Ferrer