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title: "19 Shows Quotes By Brent Spiner"
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> [There is no question that everybody who works in show business is lucky because of the number of people who wish they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/there-is-no-question-that-everybody-who-works-in-show-business-is/)

[Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/)

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> [And, you know, when you are a kid, everybody wants to be an actor. I think that everybody wants to be in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/and-you-know-when-you-are-a-kid-everybody-wants-to-be-an-actor-i/)

[Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/)

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> [ 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [ I mean, I'm the tag of the \[ Big Bang Theory \] show! That was one of the easiest jobs I've ever had. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/i-mean-i-m-the-tag-of-the-big-bang-theory-show-that-was-one-of-the/)

[Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/)

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> [ Bill Prady and Chuck Lorre, the guys who run that show \[Big Bang Theory\], are really funny and really smart, and the… ](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/)

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> [I do know that when I look around in show business, I see a lot of people who were in my drama…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/i-do-know-that-when-i-look-around-in-show-business-i-see-a-lot-of/)

[Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/)

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> [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/)

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> [I think that Enterprise was getting better and better, actually, and if it had kept going, I think it would've turned into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/i-think-that-enterprise-was-getting-better-and-better-actually-and-if/)

[Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/)

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> [ 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… ](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/)

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> [I did a couple of little Off-Broadway things, but my first Broadway show was A History Of The American Film, written by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/i-did-a-couple-of-little-off-broadway-things-but-my-first-broadway/)

[Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/)

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> [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/)

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> [ We were kind of never one of CBS favorites \[with Threshold\], even though we'd gotten really good reviews for the pilot. We… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/we-were-kind-of-never-one-of-cbs-favorites-with-threshold-even-though/)

[Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/)

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> [I like to think of myself as the Rutger Hauer of this show Star Trek: The Next Generation. But then I like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/i-like-to-think-of-myself-as-the-rutger-hauer-of-this-show-star-trek/)

[Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/)

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> [I had a fantastic teacher in high school. I had one of those guys you dream of having, who molds your life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/i-had-a-fantastic-teacher-in-high-school-i-had-one-of-those-guys-you/)

[Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/)

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> [Like, she had a caterer, she had wardrobe people, she had two makeup artists... I mean, we have makeup and we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/like-she-had-a-caterer-she-had-wardrobe-people-she-had-two-makeup/)

[Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/)

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> [ That was a really interesting series \[Threshold \] that I think would've been really great had it continued. I know Brannon Braga,… ](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/)

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> [I did a great show Off-Broadway called Leave It To Beaver Is Dead that was at the Public Theater in New York.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/i-did-a-great-show-off-broadway-called-leave-it-to-beaver-is-dead/)

[Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/)

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> [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/)

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## Other authors on Shows

## 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/)

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