Brent Spiner Quotes

I think honestly, believe it or not, that Dude, Where's My Car? in a way represents its time better than almost any film made around that.

[Voice acting] is such an easy job. It's like stealing money, really. Which I'm always happy to do.

Generally, I have to be able to get the lines out of my mouth without making a mistake before I go to sleep.

In my heart, I've never left Brazil.

Im thinking of going into rehab. Im not addicted to anything, but I think its good way to jumpstart an acting career.

There is no question that everybody who works in show business is lucky because of the number of people who wish they where working in show business.

I think there is something like 90% unemployment in the Screen Actors Guild, so we are the exception.

Hollywood has more than its share of harsh and crewel stories. In fact, it's probably more the norm than the exception.

No, actually I'm trying to stay away from the big screen.

Rick Berman, who produced Star Trek, was a big Night Court fan. So he knew who I was as soon as I walked in.

I always refer to [Stardust Memories] as Sharon Stone's and my first film.

And, you know, when you are a kid, everybody wants to be an actor. I think that everybody wants to be in show business, frankly.

You look at that movie [Dude, Where's My Car?] now, and you know exactly when it was made. And that's what kids were like then.

Pierre [from Dude, Where's My Car?] could be the best thing I've ever done. When you distill it down to a minute and a half of work, that may be my finest effort.

[Martin Scorsese ] basically works just like any other director. You work the scene, you try to find what's best in it and make it work. That's what it was like.

I assumed, "Well, I must've sounded like Conan O'Brien, or a reasonable facsimile or something." And there I am in the movie [South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut ]. I was very lucky.

I've worked with some great people [in Star Trek], and I was paid handsomely, and it was a nice role. So the whole experience was positive for me.

I don't think everybody wanted to be on [new Star Trek series] . I certainly didn't.

I try to do as much as I can. I probably knew more about Earl Mills than anybody on earth besides people who actually knew him.

It just occurred to me that there are some beautiful shots [in Rent Control] with the World Trade Center in the background.

I don't know if the character's come back and it was someone else playing it, or maybe they never did it again. But I loved it. It was a great part [The Joker] to play.

Can't argue with Gene Roddenberry. He was a pretty brilliant guy.

As I get older and I get more of this dialogue and I lose more and more brain cells, it really does become the most difficult part of the job!