American - Actor | February 7, 1955 -
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
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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.
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People sorta know my face, but I can still go out to the supermarket, and nobody pays much attention.
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You can have too much reality.
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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.
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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.'
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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.
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Having grown up around the theater, I've been moved by so many plays. Being a part of it, however small, is special.
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I've been so fortunate in that people respond to what I do.
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The first several years I was an actor, I sort of eked out a living playing thugs almost exclusively until 'Robocop.'
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I think my parents undoubtedly influenced me on some level.
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I was a musician for years before I started doing this stuff. Show business was the only thing I ever considered.
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