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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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