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I don’t know you could do a whole film about Dr. Okun from Independence Day.

Brent Spiner

[Independence Day] was a sweet, sweet job, because it was one of those big surprises.
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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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As it turns out, sometimes that bites you. In this case, I saw pictures of Earl [Mills], and…I actually met him. He was quite old at the time, but he had this sort of curly red hair, so we did that in the film. I got a perm and had red hair, and… It was a mess.
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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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I don’t think everybody wanted to be on [new Star Trek series] . I certainly didn’t.
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I had a really nice time on [Alphas]. It was a bunch of really good actors, and I was particularly thrilled to be working with David Strathairn.
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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.
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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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They were nicely written and nicely directed episodes [Star Trek: Enterprise]. I enjoyed working with Scott [Bakula]. So it was good to do, and, as you said, it did serve to enhance the Soong legacy.
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[The Aviator] came about through John Logan, who I’ve been friends with for many years.
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And the basic sort of thrust of Star Trek being about equality and tolerance and things I believe in deeply.
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I think honestly, believe it or not, that Dude, Where’s My Car? in a way represents its time better than almost any film made around that.
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Pierre [from Dude, Where’s My Car?] could be the best thing I’ve ever done. When you distill it down to a minute and a half of work, that may be my finest effort.
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So it was a really pleasant surprise when [Independence Day] turned out to be a successful film. I don’t know if you’ve heard that they’re going to be re-releasing it next Fourth of July in 3-D.
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Joey being one of my finest performances ever. Matt LeBlanc’s basically doing the same thing right now, playing himself on Episodes.
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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.
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