I think Rick Berman just called me and asked me if I wanted to do the show [Star Trek: Enterprise], and he… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
I don't know if the character's come back and it was someone else playing it, or maybe they never did it again.… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
Although I could be wrong. If Roland Emmerich's thinking about doing that at some point, I'd be glad to don the long… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
I think that Enterprise was getting better and better, actually, and if it had kept going, I think it would've turned into… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
Harry [ Hannigan] and Chris [Ellis] are sitting there while we're doing [ Fresh Hell], and Chris is directing, obviously, but if… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
We had lunch that day [with Chris Ellis], and I was talking about this idea. I toyed with it a little bit… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
We [with John Logan] started talking about The Searchers, and then he went on to tell me a story about when he… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
I think everyone agrees First Contact was our best film, and even at that, they're kind of... I don't know, they're sort… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
I can tell you one other story about Rent Control. The lead actress in the film, her name was Elizabeth Stack, and… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
We were kind of never one of CBS favorites [with Threshold], even though we'd gotten really good reviews for the pilot. We… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
Basically, my deal is that I choose roles based on three criteria. One is the role, obviously, if it's something that speaks… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
It wasn't exactly a cattle call. I had an agent, and they were seeing people for the parts, so my agent said,… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
John Logan is maybe the No. 1 screenwriter in the world today, not to mention that he won a Tony for Best… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
So we [with Chris Ellis] did [Fresh Hell], and we did the first five episodes as a lark, just to see if… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
So it was a really pleasant surprise when [Independence Day] turned out to be a successful film. I don't know if you've… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
As I get older and I get more of this dialogue and I lose more and more brain cells, it really does become the… — Brent Spiner Copy Share
If you look around at the people in show business today they are basically the people who didn't give up. — Brent Spiner Copy Share
Bill Prady and Chuck Lorre, the guys who run that show [Big Bang Theory], are really funny and really smart, and the cast is… — Brent Spiner Copy Share
I didn't audition or anything like that. But I went into John Loganhis office... It was his screening room in his office, actually, and… — Brent Spiner Copy Share
John Logan pretty much does the Woody Allen thing of just bringing people in and meeting them. — Brent Spiner Copy Share
Im thinking of going into rehab. Im not addicted to anything, but I think its good way to jumpstart an acting career. — Brent Spiner Copy Share
I tended to do a lot of shows that were ahead of their time and didn't run very long. — Brent Spiner Copy Share
That was a really interesting series [Threshold ] that I think would've been really great had it continued. I know Brannon Braga, who was… — Brent Spiner Copy Share
I have to say, though, that somebody pointed out to me on YouTube that Conan O'Brien was being interviewed, and he was talking about… — Brent Spiner Copy Share
I think it's the business part of the word show business that causes me the most concern. — Brent Spiner Copy Share
Rent Control was an interesting movie. It was directed by... I had done a couple of plays off Broadway, and this Italian director came,… — Brent Spiner Copy Share
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… — Brent Spiner Copy Share
![“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.” quote by Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37b/brent-spiner-2999_arcs_i-think-rick-berman-just-called-me-and-a_1247235.png)
![“I don't know if the character's come back and it was someone else playing it, or maybe they never did it again. But I loved it. It was a great part [The Joker] to play.” quote by Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a7/brent-spiner-2999_character_i-don-t-know-if-the-character-s-come-bac_1923933.png)
![“Harry [ Hannigan] and Chris [Ellis] are sitting there while we're doing [ Fresh Hell], and Chris is directing, obviously, but if we start fooling around a little bit, Harry comes in, and he's got some addition that makes it even funnier. But we start with a complete script.” quote by Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cf/brent-spiner-2999_bits_harry-hannigan-and-chris-ellis-are-sitti_2300420.jpg)
![“We had lunch that day [with Chris Ellis], and I was talking about this idea. I toyed with it a little bit on Twitter in story form at one point. And he thought it was a great idea, and he thought, "Well, let's bring my friend Harry Hannigan in, who's a wonderful writer, and let's see if we can put…” quote by Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52e/brent-spiner-2999_bits_we-had-lunch-that-day-with-chris-ellis-a_2939146.png)
![“We [with John Logan] started talking about The Searchers, and then he went on to tell me a story about when he first met John Wayne, and he said, "Hey, you be me and I'll be Wayne," and I said, "No, let me be Wayne!" Anyway, it was a very pleasant conversation, it was clear to him that I was a big…” quote by Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3a/brent-spiner-2999_asking_we-with-john-logan-started-talking-about_850792.png)
![“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. The only problem with that - and she was lovely - was that she was basically hired because [Gian Luigi Polidoro] thought she was [film…” quote by Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/brent-spiner-2999_actresses_i-can-tell-you-one-other-story-about-ren_2545297.png)
![“We were kind of never one of CBS favorites [with Threshold], even though we'd gotten really good reviews for the pilot. We were on at, what was it, 10 o'clock on a Friday night? That's kind of where you bury a show if you don't want it to last. But, wow, what a cast, huh? You could never get that…” quote by Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e4/brent-spiner-2999_casts_we-were-kind-of-never-one-of-cbs-favorit_2235116.png)
![“So we [with Chris Ellis] did [Fresh Hell], and we did the first five episodes as a lark, just to see if anybody would respond or be interested, and we got enough feedback that was positive that we thought, "Let's keep going with this and see if we can flesh it out a bit this season." We've had 10…” quote by Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e1/brent-spiner-2999_bits_so-we-with-chris-ellis-did-fresh-hell-an_2979334.png)
![“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. I've actually only seen it once, and it was in Hawaii, in a little theater in Oahu shortly after it was…” quote by Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/brent-spiner-2999_film_so-it-was-a-really-pleasant-surprise-whe_2753263.jpg)