Miguel Ferrer (Miguel José Ferrer) Quotes
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.
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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When people don't understand my work, I don't feel like explaining.
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I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts.
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A new reader shouldn't be able to find you in your work, though someone who's read more may begin to.
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When Liza Minelli was a child, she used to sit on my lap and call me Uncle Sammy.
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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
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I remember watching Gilda Radner when I was a kid and everyone thought she was so funny and no one ever said that she was a funny woman, she was just funny.
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I'll treat myself every now and then. Like if I get $100,000, I'll spend $20,000 and put the rest away.
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When the fearsome foursome of rock music, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, and Jerry Lee Lewis, decided to show up in Toronto for a rock and roll festival, I knew we had to go there to try to get them all on film.
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'The Burning Dark' needs a certain kind of soundtrack - something dark and moody, electronic, weird. One of my favourite bands is Ladytron, and I think they'd fit the bill quite well.
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Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.
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It's also somewhat in the center of a number of things that will be useful to the company.
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And finally, let’s remember that peace with justice depends on our ability to sustain both the security of our societies and the openness that defines them. Threats to freedom don’t merely come from the outside. They can emerge from within - from our own fears, from the disengagement of our citizens.
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There's plenty of firm evidence for ethnic diversity in Roman Britain.
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I had a year off, so my wife and I were heading to Italy to study Italian. We found a little house in a village called Atrani. I discovered that Gore Vidal lived right above us in a big house, so I sent him a note.
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People feel good about doing things with you if you're enthusiastic.
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I never think too far into the future. I'm too busy thinking about tomorrow's news.
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Throughout history, civilizations have built a common cause through coming-of-age rituals. But we don't do that anymore. Maybe we should think about that.
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I've trained myself to find time to exercise relaxation of the body. I have these programs - I just listen to the instructions, and they're simple. Sometimes you just hold your hand tight and keep your breath - you hold it, hold it, feel all the tension, and then relax.
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Britain has invented a new missile. It's called the civil servant - it doesn't work and it can't be fired.
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I live intimately with my characters before starting a book. I cut out pictures of them for my wall. I do time lines for each major character and a time line for the entire novel: What is going on in the world as my characters struggle with their problems?
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My producer, HH, makes sounds, so I'm writing to his beats.
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If I prepare myself for a character, for a role, I always try to understand her.
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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.
