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
I did a couple of little Off-Broadway things, but my first Broadway show was A History Of The American Film, written by… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
It was kind of an amazing class. I went to the Strasberg Institute in New York for a little while after I… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
The one on Fresh Hell is a little easier, because we make it up. It's a strange kind of hybrid of the… — 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
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
It's fun to do something different. And there are things you can do in a small palate that you can't necessarily do… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
I actually had some funny dialogue [ in Stardust Memories], a little piece, and we shot all day in this big ballroom.… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
I've toyed with this idea [of Fresh Hell] for a long time. I actually wrote a feature years ago with this sort… — 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
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
![“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)
![“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)
![“I actually had some funny dialogue [ in Stardust Memories], a little piece, and we shot all day in this big ballroom. Gordon Willis was the director of photography, and at the end of the day, Gordon turned to Woody Allen and said, "We cannot accomplish all of this in this space. It's impossible."…” quote by Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6e/brent-spiner-2999_accomplish_i-actually-had-some-funny-dialogue-in-st_2662073.jpg)
![“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... It wasn't 'til I met Chris Ellis, who directed me in a little thing that was actually for a ride in Universal…” quote by Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f8/brent-spiner-2999_concepts_i-ve-toyed-with-this-idea-of-fresh-hell_2727796.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)