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.
The one on Fresh Hell is a little easier, because we make it up. It’s a strange kind of hybrid of the real me and… Well, obviously it’s me standing there, and it’s my voice and my face, but it’s also kind of filtered through Harry Hannigan’s take on the character, the one he’s writing.
It was a fabulous experience shooting [in the Aviator], working with Leo [DiCaprio] and Danny Huston in the scene. It was great. I think what was most eye-opening about it was that [Martin] Scorsese was just like any good director you work with.
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.
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.
We got to be really good friends [Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau]. It was just thrilling, every day. Every single day. I had a big couple of musical numbers in [Out to Sea], and I remember doing one of them and shooting it from beginning to end.
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.
![Brent Spiner Quote - [Independence Day] was a sweet, sweet job, because it was one of those big surprises.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/independence-day-was-a-sweet-sweet-job-because-it-.jpg)
![Brent Spiner Quote - I think Rick Berman just called me and asked me if I wanted to do the show [Star Trek: Enterprise], and he said they’d write an arc if I’d do it.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/i-think-rick-berman-just-called-me-and-asked-me-if.jpg)
![Brent Spiner Quote - It was a fabulous experience shooting [in the Aviator], working with Leo [DiCaprio] and Danny Huston in the scene. It was great. I think what was most eye-opening about it was that [Martin] Scorsese was just like any good director you work with.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/it-was-a-fabulous-experience-shooting-in-the-aviat-683x1024.jpg)
![Brent Spiner Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/like-she-had-a-caterer-she-had-wardrobe-people-she.jpg)
![Brent Spiner Quote - We got to be really good friends [Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau]. It was just thrilling, every day. Every single day. I had a big couple of musical numbers in [Out to Sea], and I remember doing one of them and shooting it from beginning to end.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/we-got-to-be-really-good-friends-jack-lemmon-and-w.jpg)
![Brent Spiner Quote - [ Felicia Day] is really figured it all out, and it was impressive. It was nothing like our set, because her set was like working on a real film.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/felicia-day-is-really-figured-it-all-out-and-it-wa-683x1024.jpg)
![Brent Spiner Quote - Bill Prady and Chuck Lorre, the guys who run that show [Big Bang Theory], are really funny and really smart, and the cast is fantastic to work with.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/bill-prady-and-chuck-lorre-the-guys-who-run-that-s.jpg)
![Brent Spiner Quote - [The Aviator] came about through John Logan, who I’ve been friends with for many years.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/the-aviator-came-about-through-john-logan-who-ive-.jpg)
![Brent Spiner Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/i-assumed-well-i-mustve-sounded-like-conan-obrien--683x1024.jpg)
