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And the basic sort of thrust of Star Trek being about equality and tolerance and things I believe in deeply.

Brent Spiner

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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Actors Long People
[ 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.
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Film Impressive Real
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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College Country People
A job is a job. And I like to work.
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Jobs Like Work
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.
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Eye Shooting Thinking
Im thinking of going into rehab. Im not addicted to anything, but I think its good way to jumpstart an acting career.
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Acting Careers Thinking
In my heart, I’ve never left Brazil.
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Country Heart People
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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Great Man Mean Someone Work
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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Car Kids Thinking
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].
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Sweet Thinking Three
I don’t know you could do a whole film about Dr. Okun from Independence Day.
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Country Film Independence
[Independence Day] was a sweet, sweet job, because it was one of those big surprises.
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Independence Jobs Sweet
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.
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Stars Thinking Writing
I don’t think everybody wanted to be on [new Star Trek series] . I certainly didn’t.
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Stars Thinking Wanted
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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Guy Television Writing
Of those, the only one that really stands out for me is Tales From The Darkside, for a couple of reasons, one in particular being who I got to work with on it, which was Eddie Bracken.
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Couple Mean Men

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