Quotes by Edward Herrmann

About Edward Herrmann:

Edward Kirk Herrmann was an American actor, director, writer, and comedian, best known for his Emmy-nominated portrayals of Franklin D. Roosevelt on television, Richard Gilmore in Gilmore Girls, a ubiquitous narrator for historical programs on The History Channel and in such PBS productions as Nova, and as a spokesman for Dodge automobiles in the 1990s.
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Automobiles have always been part of my life, and I'm sure they always will be. What is it about them that moves me? The sound of a great engine, the unity and uniqueness of an automobile's engineering and coachwork, the history of the company and th...

Edward Herrmann

The French suffered such catastrophic losses in the First World War. It really was the end of them as a great world power, although they, quote, 'won.'

Edward Herrmann

I'm an actor. I'll take a lead if it's offered. The really good actors can fill a character, no matter what the role is. A good leading man is a character actor; a good character actor can be a leading man.

Edward Herrmann

I think it's much richer and much more fun to be an artist than to be anything else. I can't think of a better life than acting.

Edward Herrmann

I thought cars were essential ingredients of life itself.

Edward Herrmann

I like sunny stories. You know, my favorite girls in the '50s were Debbie Reynolds, Doris Day, and Esther Williams.

Edward Herrmann

I remember seeing the first Astaire-Rogers musical on television, and I couldn't believe how beautiful it was. It dawned on me that you don't have to wear a cowboy hat to be a man.

Edward Herrmann

Actors are always grabbing each other on stage, looking in each other's eyes, making a moment so private, the audience doesn't know what they're doing.

Edward Herrmann

You ingest the automobile in the very air of Detroit. Or at least you did in the 1940s and 1950s.

Edward Herrmann

Flirting with the dark side has always had it's fascination. Because you learn, and there's wisdom there. Escpecially with the post-Freudian era with the young, the shadow is ninety percent gold. You hold treasures there that you need to learn about ...

Edward Herrmann

How many times can you play an action character, or a quirky romantic? Every actor has to find his own way to make each character unique.

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Growing up as a kid in Detroit, way back, there was a movie station that would show old kinescope reproductions of old movies, and I remember seeing Bela Lugosi for the first time and being duly frightened out of my wits.

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Author Bio

  • NameEdward Herrmann
  • DescriptionAmerican actor
  • BornJuly 21, 1943
  • DiedDecember 31, 2014
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Voice Actor
  • AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award