[The Aviator] came about through John Logan, who I’ve been friends with for many years.
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More Brent Spiner Quotes
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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.
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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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Actually, I had a really nice part in that movie [Ladies And Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains]. I mean, I have, like, one second in the final-cut version, where I say “You’re fired” to Diane Lane. That’s about all you see of me.
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Having spent so much time in a fictional world, I prefer to read about the real world
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My own personal favorite Cher song is the unforgettable Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves.
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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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Earl Mills is probably the best role I’ve ever been given in a film. And it was a great experience to work with Halle [Berry] and Klaus Maria Brandauer, an Austrian actor who’s a hero of mine.
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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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Any job you can go to and have a laugh everyday has got to be a good job.
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I think I worked an average of about 10 minutes a day [in Big Bang Theory series]. It took longer to get to the studio than I actually worked. So I regard the driving there as the actual job. The work itself was just fun.
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That was a really interesting series [Threshold ] that I think would’ve been really great had it continued.
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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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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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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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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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