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.
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’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.
I can tell you one other story about Rent Control. The lead actress in the film, her name was Elizabeth Stack, and it turned out she was Robert Stack’s daughter.
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.
The only problem with that – and she was lovely – was that she was basically hired because [Gian Luigi Polidoro] thought she was [film producer] Ray Stark’s daughter. And he figured that if he ran out of money, her father would kick in some more.
Voice 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.
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 - I don’t think everybody wanted to be on [new Star Trek series] . I certainly didn’t.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/i-dont-think-everybody-wanted-to-be-on-new-star-tr.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 - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/thats-what-kids-were-like-then-so-i-really-like-th.jpg)
![Brent Spiner Quote - The only problem with that – and she was lovely – was that she was basically hired because [Gian Luigi Polidoro] thought she was [film producer] Ray Stark’s daughter. And he figured that if he ran out of money, her father would kick in some more.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/the-only-problem-with-that-and-she-was-lovely-was-.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 - I always refer to [Stardust Memories] as Sharon Stone’s and my first film.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/i-always-refer-to-stardust-memories-as-sharon-ston-683x1024.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)
