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I had a really nice time on [Alphas]. It was a bunch of really good actors, and I was particularly thrilled to be working with David Strathairn.

Brent Spiner

Any job you can go to and have a laugh everyday has got to be a good job.
BRENT SPINER

Everyday Jobs Laughing
I’ve gotten some feedback on it from people who’ve seen it and really enjoyed it, but I don’t know.
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Enjoyed Feedback People Seen
Timing is everything, as you know.
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Everything Knows Timing
I think I worked an average of about 10 minutes a day [in Big Bang Theory series]. It took longer to get to the studio than I actually worked. So I regard the driving there as the actual job. The work itself was just fun.
BRENT SPINER

Fun Jobs Thinking
Comedy really is my bread and butter, even when I’m doing a serious character, with the exception of Outcast. I have found very little humor in this character.
BRENT SPINER

Character Comedy Serious
[The Aviator] came about through John Logan, who I’ve been friends with for many years.
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Aviator Country People Years
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 SPINER

Sweet Thinking Three
I always refer to [Stardust Memories] as Sharon Stone’s and my first film.
BRENT SPINER

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

Mistakes Mouths Sleep
The Dain Curse [Tom Fink] was a great job. I was in New York, and I was young – I think I’m 28 years old in that – and I got to work with James Coburn and Jean Simmons and Jason Miller. Plus, it was a Dashiell Hammett story, and I had a great character. It was fantastic to shoot.
BRENT SPINER

Character Country Jobs
Like, she had a caterer, she had wardrobe people, she had two makeup artists… I mean, we have makeup and we have wardrobe, but Felicia [Day] was, like, on it. She had two cameras operating, sets, extras everywhere. It was unbelievable.
BRENT SPINER

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

Actor Thinking Unemployment
I’ve actually only seen it once, and it was in Hawaii, in a little theater in Oahu shortly after it was released. But Roland Emmerich is a really smart guy, and he makes really fun movies to watch.
BRENT SPINER

Actually Movies Particularly Reason Watch
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.
BRENT SPINER

Family Interesting Stars Think Wells
I don’t think everybody wanted to be on [new Star Trek series] . I certainly didn’t.
BRENT SPINER

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

Acting Careers Thinking

I had a really nice time on [Alphas]. It was a bunch of really good actors, and I was particularly thrilled to be working with David Strathairn.

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I had a really nice time on [Alphas]. It was a bunch of really good actors, and I was particularly thrilled to be working with David Strathairn.

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