I think I was technically uncredited as Local #1, because there were three of us. But I had the most lines [in My Sweet Charlie].
BRENT SPINERIt’s fun to do something different. And there are things you can do in a small palate that you can’t necessarily do in a larger role.
More Brent Spiner Quotes
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We would literally grab a shot and run. But Rent Control… I think the total cost was $100,000, and to this director’s credit, I think it looks like $200,000.
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I think the potential for man is so enormous, if we can stay alive long enough, we’re going to be seeing a lot of what Star Trek is projecting.
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One of the things about working on Star Trek that was always so great was that we all got along as well as we did. We really became family.
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In my heart, I’ve never left Brazil.
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Any job you can go to and have a laugh everyday has got to be a good job.
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That’s what kids were like then. So I really like the movie [Dude, Where’s My Car? ], I think it’s genuinely funny, and I wish I hadn’t been so arrogant about it. And, of course, I didn’t know it was going to be my best work, either.
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Voice acting is about the easiest thing to do. You roll out of bed, throw your clothes on that you had on the night before, you go into the studio, and nobody cares, just as long as you can speak.
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I know a guy who writes on the show, it was his episode, and he called and said, “Would you do it?” And I said, “Yeah.” There’s not really much else to tell, except that I was thrilled to be on The Simpsons, because it’s one of the greatest series in the history of television.
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I don’t know what her budget was or is, but she had sponsors for her show, and we don’t have a sponsor yet, so basically, the difference is, our moms make our costumes.
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I had no idea I was part of what was going to be a big mega-hit. I thought I was doing a B sci-fi movie [Independence Day].
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I think there is something like 90% unemployment in the Screen Actors Guild, so we are the exception.
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I got Greg Aronowitz, who does [ Felicia Day] sets, to do mine as well, and he’s just amazing. He can work miracles with nothing.
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A job is a job. And I like to work.
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And the basic sort of thrust of Star Trek being about equality and tolerance and things I believe in deeply.
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It’s fun to do something different. And there are things you can do in a small palate that you can’t necessarily do in a larger role.
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