Edward Herrmann
Edward Herrmann
Edward Kirk Herrmannwas 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth21 July 1943
CountryUnited States of America
frightened growing kid movies seeing station time
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.
audience grabbing
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.
You ingest the automobile in the very air of Detroit. Or at least you did in the 1940s and 1950s.
although french great losses power suffered war
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.'
believe cowboy dawned hat musical remember seeing wear
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.
girls
I like sunny stories. You know, my favorite girls in the '50s were Debbie Reynolds, Doris Day, and Esther Williams.
artist life richer
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.
fill good leading man matter role
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.
beauty company great history life moves sheer sound sure uniqueness unity
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 the car, and, of course, the sheer beauty of the thing.
years two three
If I'm off the stage after two or three years I get itchy and I have to get back onstage.
giving camels nasty
I was warned the camels can be nasty, especially the young ones. I was warned to give it a wide berth.
cat hard train
Cats are hard to train, but they can train them.
character unique play
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.
car essentials ingredients
I thought cars were essential ingredients of life itself.