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And I’m telling you, there is a movie waiting to be made about the making of a movie like that, particularly at that time in New York. I mean, we shot all over the streets of New York without permits.

Brent Spiner

Im thinking of going into rehab. Im not addicted to anything, but I think its good way to jumpstart an acting career.
BRENT SPINER

Acting Careers Thinking
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

Makeup Mean Mom
[ Felicia Day] is really figured it all out, and it was impressive. It was nothing like our set, because her set was like working on a real film.
BRENT SPINER

Film Impressive Real
I did a great show Off-Broadway called Leave It To Beaver Is Dead that was at the Public Theater in New York. It was written by Des McAnuff, who’s an illustrious director now, and it starred…
BRENT SPINER

Broadway Country People
[Martin Scorsese ] basically works just like any other director. You work the scene, you try to find what’s best in it and make it work. That’s what it was like.
BRENT SPINER

Directors Scene Trying
I think the potential for man is so enormous, if we can stay alive long enough, we’re going to be seeing a lot of what Star Trek is projecting.
BRENT SPINER

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

Actor Thinking Unemployment
I had no idea I was part of what was going to be a big mega-hit. I thought I was doing a B sci-fi movie [Independence Day].
BRENT SPINER

Ideas Independence Thinking
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.
BRENT SPINER

Fun Smart Successful
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.
BRENT SPINER

Country Hair People Red Saws
Martha Coolidge directed the movie [Introducing Dorothy Dandridge], giving me another shot, and it was an amazing experience.
BRENT SPINER

Amazing Directed Experience Introducing
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.
BRENT SPINER

Country People Stars Thinking Years
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.
BRENT SPINER

Family Interesting Stars Think Wells
Having spent so much time in a fictional world, I prefer to read about the real world
BRENT SPINER

Country Fictional People Real World
The one on Fresh Hell is a little easier, because we make it up. It’s a strange kind of hybrid of the real me and… Well, obviously it’s me standing there, and it’s my voice and my face, but it’s also kind of filtered through Harry Hannigan’s take on the character, the one he’s writing.
BRENT SPINER

Character Real Writing
[Independence Day] was a sweet, sweet job, because it was one of those big surprises.
BRENT SPINER

Independence Jobs Sweet

And I’m telling you, there is a movie waiting to be made about the making of a movie like that, particularly at that time in New York. I mean, we shot all over the streets of New York without permits.

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