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.
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.
I didn’t really watch the show [Star Trek]. I still haven’t seen about 150 of them. So I didn’t really think of them too much in terms of episodes. I thought of them as kind of one long seven-year episode.
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.
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.
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.
![Brent Spiner Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/i-think-i-worked-an-average-of-about-10-minutes-a-.jpg)
![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 - 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 - That was a really interesting series [Threshold ] that I think would’ve been really great had it continued.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/that-was-a-really-interesting-series-threshold-tha.jpg)
![Brent Spiner Quote - Needless to say, I was impressed by Felicia [Day] and her moxie with how to do a web series. I mean, she’s the queen of the web.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/needless-to-say-i-was-impressed-by-felicia-day-and-683x1024.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 didn’t really watch the show [Star Trek]. I still haven’t seen about 150 of them. So I didn’t really think of them too much in terms of episodes. I thought of them as kind of one long seven-year episode.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/i-didnt-really-watch-the-show-star-trek-i-still-ha.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 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)
![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)