"From about the time I was 7 until I was 14, the last thing I wanted to be was an actor. But that was mostly out of fear. I got very frightened about being in front of an audience. I guess I loved it so much I was afraid I wouldn't be any good." - Teen magazine, 1985
"I live in New York City, and I'm certainly recognized several times a day, but right now I'm totally free to move about as much as I want to. I ride the subway, and if people know who I am they'll just say, 'Hey, Ferris,' and leave it at that." - Cosmopolitan, 1998
"I like kids; we'd like to have them. In my fantasy, I would be like a British guy reading the paper with a pipe, and the maid brings the kid in, and I tickle its belly, and then I go to dinner. But I'm sure that's not how it works." - People, 1999
"When I was like five, we had library cards in my school and I remember I wrote 'actor' under the space for profession."
Cinderella (Jennifer Beals): Do you know anything
about kissing?
Prince (Matthew): I'm almost certain it has something
to do with the lips." -- "Faerie Tale Theater: Cinderella
"I'll spend a little time in the Hamptons--beach, swimming, corn, tomatoes, you know>" -- EW Random Quotes
Ninety percent of directing has been "Well, if your back is to the camera, we'll loop in a line and then we don't have to pay you $500 for saying, 'Would you like sauerkraut?'" -- Loose Talk, US Magazine, September 1996
H2$ "which was a fun thing to do, was challenging because I sang. I'm sure I could find a role that I could play more easily Danny (Night Must Fall), but that won't help me grow. As an artist, you should challenge yourself."
"Maybe I'm dreaming. But my eyes are open, which means maybe I'm awake dreaming I'm asleep. Or, or more likely, maybe I'm asleep dreaming that I'm awake, wondering if I'm dreaming." --as Phillipe in Ladyhawke
"I can be posed. You can have Grappling Nick. Or Scurrying Nick. It's so cool." --on his Godzilla action figure
"I'm never totally comfortable with what I'm offered in Hollywood. But I think, if you look at my career, I've done a musical, comedies, Horton Foote (stage) dramas, Glory, Ferris Bueller, Godzilla, Addicted to Love, four collaborations with Neil Simon. When I started, I could've ended up a waiter. Am I somehow disappointed with my career? No. I'm thrilled that at (37) I'm still getting leads in movies."