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.
BRENT SPINERVoice 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.
More Brent Spiner Quotes
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I always refer to [Stardust Memories] as Sharon Stone’s and my first film.
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My own personal favorite Cher song is the unforgettable Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves.
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I’ve toyed with this idea [of Fresh Hell] for a long time. I actually wrote a feature years ago with this sort of concept in mind, and it’s gone through several incarnations, and…
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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’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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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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There’s such a grand fraternity of actors who’ve played the Joker, not the least of whom is Mark Hamill, who voiced it for so long and was so great. I did it one time and…
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[The Aviator] came about through John Logan, who I’ve been friends with for many years.
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I mean, what a man. Someone who’s done Preston Sturges movies, and I actually got to work with him? And he was great.
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I don’t know you could do a whole film about Dr. Okun from Independence Day.
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And I was, like, “Oh, my God, I can’t believe I’m performing a musical number in front of Donald O’Connor,” who’s one of the greats of the silver screen. But it was a thrilling experience, it really was.
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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.
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As it turns out, sometimes that bites you. In this case, I saw pictures of Earl [Mills], and…I actually met him. He was quite old at the time, but he had this sort of curly red hair, so we did that in the film. I got a perm and had red hair, and… It was a mess.
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I did a great show Off-Broadway called Leave It To Beaver Is Dead that was at the Public Theater in New York. It was written by Des McAnuff, who’s an illustrious director now, and it starred…
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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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