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

Brent Spiner

Any job you can go to and have a laugh everyday has got to be a good job.
BRENT SPINER

Everyday Jobs Laughing
And I was, like, “Oh, my God, I can’t believe I’m performing a musical number in front of Donald O’Connor,” who’s one of the greats of the silver screen. But it was a thrilling experience, it really was.
BRENT SPINER

Experience Lie Musical Number Really
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.
BRENT SPINER

Basically Figured Lovely Producer Thing
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.
BRENT SPINER

Couple Friend Good Sea
I don’t know you could do a whole film about Dr. Okun from Independence Day.
BRENT SPINER

Country Film Independence
And the basic sort of thrust of Star Trek being about equality and tolerance and things I believe in deeply.
BRENT SPINER

Believe Stars Tolerance
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.
BRENT SPINER

Car Country Effort Half People
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.
BRENT SPINER

Stars Thinking Writing
I think there is something like 90% unemployment in the Screen Actors Guild, so we are the exception.
BRENT SPINER

Actor Thinking Unemployment
People think that being on Star Trek is career suicide, but it’s really just the opposite
BRENT SPINER

Stars Suicide Thinking
A job is a job. And I like to work.
BRENT SPINER

Jobs Like Work
I always refer to [Stardust Memories] as Sharon Stone’s and my first film.
BRENT SPINER

Firsts Memories Stones
Generally, I have to be able to get the lines out of my mouth without making a mistake before I go to sleep.
BRENT SPINER

Mistakes Mouths Sleep
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.
BRENT SPINER

Eye Shooting Thinking
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.
BRENT SPINER

Mean Moxie Queens
I’ve toyed with this idea [of Fresh Hell] for a long time. I actually wrote a feature years ago with this sort of concept in mind, and it’s gone through several incarnations, and…
BRENT SPINER

Ideas Long Years

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

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