Isa Briones

It was so cool, living out my action star dreams.

— Isa Briones

I came from theater, which is its own beast.

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I mean, I came from musical theater.

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I think performing has pretty much always been a part of me.

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It's cheesy but my parents have been my coaches my whole life.

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I used to do martial arts when I was a kid but I stopped when I was pretty young.

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I know that I can't get a big head when things start to go well because you never know what's around the…

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Dahj kind of sets everything in motion starting Picard on a new mission.

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Getting to play yourself in someone else's shoes is a wonderful way of looking at your own life.

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Star Trek and sci-fi in general has always been a mirror to our society, obviously, and I think it is reminiscent of…

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I used to do karate, but then as acting and school got a little more hectic, I stopped.

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When I was growing up, there were people of color onscreen, but I never saw interracial couples.

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Yes, I was born in London because my dad was closing out the West End version of Miss Saigon' there.

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Mixed people - people of color - we've always been here. But we are really entering a time in which we are…

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When Dahj and Picard first meet, it's this really special moment of two lost souls colliding in a way in this crazy…

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I'm very young and I'm trying to figure out who I am and that's exactly what Soji is going through which is…

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I think if you look at anyone who is working for an organization that they may not completely agree with, it is…

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It's amazing to play a character that gets to do everything - to have the action moment, have the really emotional moment,…

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In musical theatre you're also supposed to be able to dance and everything, so I've always tried to take dance lessons, but…

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Shows I would love to do one day are definitely In the Heights' and Spring Awakening,' with Nina and Wendla, respectively, as…

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We've definitely talked about making a musical episode. We definitely need to make that happen. Let's get Lin-Manuel Miranda on the phone.…

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The thing that I mostly get from my parents is 'trust your stuff.' That's what my dad always says. Trust your stuff.…

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In our comic cons and interviews, they're always asking him questions, of course, because people love Jean-Luc Picard. They love Sir Patrick…

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I was in rehearsal and reading the script and I was like, 'Wait, wait, wait, wait. I think I'm related to Data,'…

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I say this all the time, but truly he is the greatest captain and not just Picard, but Patrick himself.

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It's amazing having in-home training. My mom and dad were my acting, singing and life coaches.

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The spirit of hope and optimism is always there, and that's what I think characterizes Star Trek' in such a big way.

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Going into Hamilton' already was mind-blowing enough because I hadn't really done much before that.

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People kept reminding me. They were like, What was I doing on my 21st birthday? I was in Vegas getting drunk. You're…

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They made it very clear that I shouldn't try to be Data because there is only one Data, you can't ever recreate…

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I definitely feel, as a theatre actor, that when you're rehearsing in your street clothes in a rehearsal room, it can be…

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It was exciting for us to see just how close the Next Generation' cast is. Because for all of us newcomers, we…

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I remember walking in and seeing Patrick. I knew he was going to be in the room, but somehow, it was still…

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One of the big things for me that's been exciting is seeing the Asian-American community coming out, because I'm Filipino and Swedish…

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I didn't really watch a lot of Star Trek' as a child. I'm kicking myself now that I haven't, but once I…

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I remember performing one-man reenactments of Miss Saigon' for my grandmother on her fireplace or dancing to Gwen Stefani in our hotel…

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And I always talk about how when you're mixed race, you often get told you're this, you're not that' or you're not…

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Although we're acting, and our minds know that we're acting, our bodies don't quite know that we're acting. So even when you're…

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