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.
BRENT SPINERI got Greg Aronowitz, who does [ Felicia Day] sets, to do mine as well, and he’s just amazing. He can work miracles with nothing.
More Brent Spiner Quotes
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Timing is everything, as you know.
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I always refer to [Stardust Memories] as Sharon Stone’s and my first film.
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Most of the time, what I do, somewhere there is comedy in it.
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I think everyone agrees First Contact was our best film, and even at that, they’re kind of… I don’t know, they’re sort of movies. But they’re kind of really Star Trek movies, if you take my meaning. It’s hard for me to say. I was glad to be doing them.
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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.
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I went to New York out of college, and in my day, we were told that was the way you became a good actor. You don’t go to Hollywood, you go straight to New York and work in the theater. So that’s what most of the people I knew did.
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Generally, I have to be able to get the lines out of my mouth without making a mistake before I go to sleep.
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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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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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It wasn’t ’til I met Chris Ellis, who directed me in a little thing that was actually for a ride in Universal Singapore, for those of you who happen to be going to Universal Singapore.
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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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People think that being on Star Trek is career suicide, but it’s really just the opposite
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Joey being one of my finest performances ever. Matt LeBlanc’s basically doing the same thing right now, playing himself on Episodes.
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My own personal favorite Cher song is the unforgettable Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves.
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I don’t know you could do a whole film about Dr. Okun from Independence Day.
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