--- title: "17 Said Quotes By Brent Spiner" description: "17 Said quotes by Brent Spiner. Plus more from Brent Spiner and more Said sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37b/brent-spiner-2999_arcs_i-think-rick-berman-just-called-me-and-a_1247235.png" --- > [ I think Rick Berman just called me and asked me if I wanted to do the show \[Star Trek: Enterprise\], and he… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/i-think-rick-berman-just-called-me-and-asked-me-if-i-wanted-to-do-the/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37b/brent-spiner-2999_arcs_i-think-rick-berman-just-called-me-and-a_1247235.png) > [ They were nicely written and nicely directed episodes \[Star Trek: Enterprise\]. I enjoyed working with Scott \[Bakula\]. So it was good to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/they-were-nicely-written-and-nicely-directed-episodes-star-trek/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0a/brent-spiner-2999_business_they-were-nicely-written-and-nicely-dire_2714530.jpg) > [I really enjoyed Eddie Bracken. He told me a great story. He did The Odd Couple on Broadway, replacing Art Carney, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/i-really-enjoyed-eddie-bracken-he-told-me-a-great-story-he-did-the/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e3/brent-spiner-2999_actor_i-really-enjoyed-eddie-bracken-he-told-m_937094.png) > [I know a guy who writes on the show, it was his episode, and he called and said, "Would you do it?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/i-know-a-guy-who-writes-on-the-show-it-was-his-episode-and-he-called/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d72/brent-spiner-2999_episodes_i-know-a-guy-who-writes-on-the-show-it-w_2535341.png) > [I wanted to look right. I remember a review - a very positive one - in The New York Times that said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/i-wanted-to-look-right-i-remember-a-review-a-very-positive-one-in-the/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/846/brent-spiner-2999_agony_i-wanted-to-look-right-i-remember-a-revi_1430582.png) > [I have to say, though, that somebody pointed out to me on YouTube that Conan O'Brien was being interviewed, and he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/i-have-to-say-though-that-somebody-pointed-out-to-me-on-youtube-that/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/572/brent-spiner-2999_bigger_i-have-to-say-though-that-somebody-point_155258.png) > [It wasn't exactly a cattle call. I had an agent, and they were seeing people for the parts, so my agent said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/it-wasn-t-exactly-a-cattle-call-i-had-an-agent-and-they-were-seeing/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/brent-spiner-2999_agents_it-wasn-t-exactly-a-cattle-call-i-had-an_595723.png) > [ I actually had some funny dialogue \[ in Stardust Memories\], a little piece, and we shot all day in this big ballroom.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/i-actually-had-some-funny-dialogue-in-stardust-memories-a-little/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6e/brent-spiner-2999_accomplish_i-actually-had-some-funny-dialogue-in-st_2662073.jpg) > [Initially I objected to the Data makeup. I said, "Why do I need this makeup? Why can't I just look like me?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/initially-i-objected-to-the-data-makeup-i-said-why-do-i-need-this/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b6/brent-spiner-2999_data_initially-i-objected-to-the-data-makeup_3021888.jpg) > [ We \[with John Logan\] started talking about The Searchers, and then he went on to tell me a story about when he… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/we-with-john-logan-started-talking-about-the-searchers-and-then-he/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3a/brent-spiner-2999_asking_we-with-john-logan-started-talking-about_850792.png) > [A couple of years ago, I went to see a production of Wicked in San Francisco with a friend of mine, one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/a-couple-of-years-ago-i-went-to-see-a-production-of-wicked-in-san/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a28/brent-spiner-2999_backstage_a-couple-of-years-ago-i-went-to-see-a-pr_2007458.jpg) > [ \[Trey Parker and Matt Stone\]called me one Saturday morning and said, "Can you do an impression of Conan O'Brien?" And I said,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/trey-parker-and-matt-stone-called-me-one-saturday-morning-and-said/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16e/brent-spiner-2999_air_trey-parker-and-matt-stone-called-me-one_3133465.png) > [Gian Luigi Polidoro and his girlfriend had written this script, it was an American comedy, and they decided I was the guy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/gian-luigi-polidoro-and-his-girlfriend-had-written-this-script-it-was/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/039/brent-spiner-2999_cinema_gian-luigi-polidoro-and-his-girlfriend-h_1202382.png) > [ \[Billy Bob Conroy role\] that was a favor. Actually, the lady who cast Night Court asked me to do it, because it… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/billy-bob-conroy-role-that-was-a-favor-actually-the-lady-who-cast/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00f/brent-spiner-2999_bigs_billy-bob-conroy-role-that-was-a-favor-a_1098783.jpg) > [I had no idea I was part of what was going to be a big mega-hit. I thought I was doing a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/i-had-no-idea-i-was-part-of-what-was-going-to-be-a-big-mega-hit-i/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7d/brent-spiner-2999_bigs_i-had-no-idea-i-was-part-of-what-was-goi_671195.png) > [When I get to work with people I admire, it's such a bonus, so it was an easy sell when I got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/when-i-get-to-work-with-people-i-admire-it-s-such-a-bonus-so-it-was/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/424/brent-spiner-2999_admire_when-i-get-to-work-with-people-i-admire_3034403.png) > [John Logan was kind of wrapping up - "Well, thanks for coming in..." - and I thought, "Oh, God, this is over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/john-logan-was-kind-of-wrapping-up-well-thanks-for-coming-in-and-i/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26e/brent-spiner-2999_asks_john-logan-was-kind-of-wrapping-up-well_1313694.png) ## Other authors on Said ## More by Brent Spiner > [As I get older and I get more of this dialogue and I lose more and more brain cells, it really does become the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/as-i-get-older-and-i-get-more-of-this-dialogue-and-i-lose-more-and/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) > [If you look around at the people in show business today they are basically the people who didn't give up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/if-you-look-around-at-the-people-in-show-business-today-they-are/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) > [ Bill Prady and Chuck Lorre, the guys who run that show \[Big Bang Theory\], are really funny and really smart, and the cast is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/bill-prady-and-chuck-lorre-the-guys-who-run-that-show-big-bang-theory/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/i-didn-t-audition-or-anything-like-that-but-i-went-into-john-loganhis/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) > [John Logan pretty much does the Woody Allen thing of just bringing people in and meeting them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/john-logan-pretty-much-does-the-woody-allen-thing-of-just-bringing/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) > [Im thinking of going into rehab. Im not addicted to anything, but I think its good way to jumpstart an acting career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/im-thinking-of-going-into-rehab-im-not-addicted-to-anything-but-i/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) > [I tended to do a lot of shows that were ahead of their time and didn't run very long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/i-tended-to-do-a-lot-of-shows-that-were-ahead-of-their-time-and-didn/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) > [ That was a really interesting series \[Threshold \] that I think would've been really great had it continued. I know Brannon Braga, who was… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/that-was-a-really-interesting-series-threshold-that-i-think-would-ve/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/i-have-to-say-though-that-somebody-pointed-out-to-me-on-youtube-that/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) > [I think it's the business part of the word show business that causes me the most concern.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/i-think-it-s-the-business-part-of-the-word-show-business-that-causes/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) > [ I always refer to \[Stardust Memories\] as Sharon Stone's and my first film. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/i-always-refer-to-stardust-memories-as-sharon-stone-s-and-my-first/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) > [Rent Control was an interesting movie. It was directed by... I had done a couple of plays off Broadway, and this Italian director came,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/rent-control-was-an-interesting-movie-it-was-directed-by-i-had-done-a/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) > [Can't argue with Gene Roddenberry. He was a pretty brilliant guy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/can-t-argue-with-gene-roddenberry-he-was-a-pretty-brilliant-guy/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) > [If I'm not mistaken, I think Data was the comic relief on the show.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/if-i-m-not-mistaken-i-think-data-was-the-comic-relief-on-the-show/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/i-didn-t-really-watch-the-show-star-trek-i-still-haven-t-seen-about/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/said/brent-spiner/#itemlist", "name": "17 Said Quotes By Brent Spiner", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brent Spiner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/i-think-rick-berman-just-called-me-and-asked-me-if-i-wanted-to-do-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37b/brent-spiner-2999_arcs_i-think-rick-berman-just-called-me-and-a_1247235.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37b/brent-spiner-2999_arcs_i-think-rick-berman-just-called-me-and-a_1247235.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37b/brent-spiner-2999_arcs_i-think-rick-berman-just-called-me-and-a_1247235.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think Rick Berman just called me and asked me if I wanted to do the show [Star Trek: Enterprise], and he…” — Brent Spiner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "They were nicely written and nicely directed episodes [Star Trek: Enterprise]. 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I had an agent, and they were seeing people for the parts, so my agent said, \"Here's the script, see if there's anything that speaks to you.\" And I did, and I called my agent and said, \"I think this character Data is kind of interesting,\" and she said, \"Well, okay, I'll get you the appointment with Junie Lowry.\" I had to read with the casting agent first, 'cause nobody really knew me then. Then after that, I had, I think, six different auditions for the role. And finally it was me [on Star Trek].", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brent Spiner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/it-wasn-t-exactly-a-cattle-call-i-had-an-agent-and-they-were-seeing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/brent-spiner-2999_agents_it-wasn-t-exactly-a-cattle-call-i-had-an_595723.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/brent-spiner-2999_agents_it-wasn-t-exactly-a-cattle-call-i-had-an_595723.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/brent-spiner-2999_agents_it-wasn-t-exactly-a-cattle-call-i-had-an_595723.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It wasn't exactly a cattle call. I had an agent, and they were seeing people for the parts, so my agent…” — Brent Spiner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.\" And we'd been rehearsing and trying to shoot this thing all day. So Woody said, \"Okay, let's do something else.\" He looked at me and said, \"Come back tomorrow, I'll put you in something else.\" And he did.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brent Spiner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/i-actually-had-some-funny-dialogue-in-stardust-memories-a-little/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6e/brent-spiner-2999_accomplish_i-actually-had-some-funny-dialogue-in-st_2662073.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6e/brent-spiner-2999_accomplish_i-actually-had-some-funny-dialogue-in-st_2662073.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6e/brent-spiner-2999_accomplish_i-actually-had-some-funny-dialogue-in-st_2662073.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I actually had some funny dialogue [ in Stardust Memories], a little piece, and we shot all day in this big…” — Brent Spiner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Initially I objected to the Data makeup. I said, \"Why do I need this makeup? Why can't I just look like me?\" In fact, I said to Gene Roddenberry, \"Don't you think that by this time in history, they would've figured out how to make skin look like skin?\" And he said, \"What makes you think that what you have isn't better than skin?\" And I went, \"Um, okay.\"", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brent Spiner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/initially-i-objected-to-the-data-makeup-i-said-why-do-i-need-this/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b6/brent-spiner-2999_data_initially-i-objected-to-the-data-makeup_3021888.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b6/brent-spiner-2999_data_initially-i-objected-to-the-data-makeup_3021888.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b6/brent-spiner-2999_data_initially-i-objected-to-the-data-makeup_3021888.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Initially I objected to the Data makeup. 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Why can't I just look like me?\"…” — Brent Spiner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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 movie fan, and by the time I got home, there was a phone call, asking if I'd mind doing one scene in the movie [The Aviator].", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brent Spiner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/we-with-john-logan-started-talking-about-the-searchers-and-then-he/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3a/brent-spiner-2999_asking_we-with-john-logan-started-talking-about_850792.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3a/brent-spiner-2999_asking_we-with-john-logan-started-talking-about_850792.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3a/brent-spiner-2999_asking_we-with-john-logan-started-talking-about_850792.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We [with John Logan] started talking about The Searchers, and then he went on to tell me a story about when…” — Brent Spiner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A couple of years ago, I went to see a production of Wicked in San Francisco with a friend of mine, one that Patty Duke was in, and he said, \"Do you want to meet her?\" And I said, \"Yeah!\" And I went backstage, and she walked out of her dressing room, looked at me, and said, \"I know you.\" And I went, \"Well, uh, yeah, I was in My Sweet Charlie.\" And she said, \"Yeah! You were the guy in the car on the road!\" And I was. It was amazing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brent Spiner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/a-couple-of-years-ago-i-went-to-see-a-production-of-wicked-in-san/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a28/brent-spiner-2999_backstage_a-couple-of-years-ago-i-went-to-see-a-pr_2007458.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a28/brent-spiner-2999_backstage_a-couple-of-years-ago-i-went-to-see-a-pr_2007458.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a28/brent-spiner-2999_backstage_a-couple-of-years-ago-i-went-to-see-a-pr_2007458.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A couple of years ago, I went to see a production of Wicked in San Francisco with a friend of mine, one that…” — Brent Spiner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[Trey Parker and Matt Stone]called me one Saturday morning and said, \"Can you do an impression of Conan O'Brien?\" And I said, \"I don't know.\" Because that was really... He hadn't been on the air that long, and to be honest, I hadn't watched much of him at that point. So I went to Santa Monica to their studio and said, \"Well, what does he sound like?\" They said, \"Well, just try it one time. Read the copy.\" And I read the copy one time, and they went, \"Okay, that's fine. Thanks a lot, that'll do. That's perfect.\"", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brent Spiner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/trey-parker-and-matt-stone-called-me-one-saturday-morning-and-said/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16e/brent-spiner-2999_air_trey-parker-and-matt-stone-called-me-one_3133465.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16e/brent-spiner-2999_air_trey-parker-and-matt-stone-called-me-one_3133465.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16e/brent-spiner-2999_air_trey-parker-and-matt-stone-called-me-one_3133465.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[Trey Parker and Matt Stone]called me one Saturday morning and said, \"Can you do an impression of Conan…” — Brent Spiner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Gian Luigi Polidoro and his girlfriend had written this script, it was an American comedy, and they decided I was the guy to play the part. I was young, they offered me the lead in the film, and I said, \"Sure, I'll do it.\" 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. We would literally grab a shot and run. But Rent Control... I think the total cost was $100,000, and to this director's credit, I think it looks like $200,000.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brent Spiner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/gian-luigi-polidoro-and-his-girlfriend-had-written-this-script-it-was/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/039/brent-spiner-2999_cinema_gian-luigi-polidoro-and-his-girlfriend-h_1202382.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/039/brent-spiner-2999_cinema_gian-luigi-polidoro-and-his-girlfriend-h_1202382.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/039/brent-spiner-2999_cinema_gian-luigi-polidoro-and-his-girlfriend-h_1202382.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Gian Luigi Polidoro and his girlfriend had written this script, it was an American comedy, and they decided…” — Brent Spiner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[Billy Bob Conroy role] that was a favor. Actually, the lady who cast Night Court asked me to do it, because it was a Friday, and the person who'd been rehearsing it all week got sick and couldn't come to the taping. And she figured I could put it together pretty quickly - it was not all that big a challenge, frankly - and I said, \"Of course.\" I owed her, after all. Gilda Stratton was her name. She was a really, really nice person. So I did it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brent Spiner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/billy-bob-conroy-role-that-was-a-favor-actually-the-lady-who-cast/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00f/brent-spiner-2999_bigs_billy-bob-conroy-role-that-was-a-favor-a_1098783.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00f/brent-spiner-2999_bigs_billy-bob-conroy-role-that-was-a-favor-a_1098783.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00f/brent-spiner-2999_bigs_billy-bob-conroy-role-that-was-a-favor-a_1098783.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[Billy Bob Conroy role] that was a favor. 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