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title: "1 Tell Actor Quotes By Robert Picardo"
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> [The best way to tell an actor he's going to be working more and much harder is to appeal to his ego.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-picardo/the-best-way-to-tell-an-actor-he-s-going-to-be-working-more-and-much/)

[Robert Picardo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-picardo/)

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## More by Robert Picardo

> [For two consecutive Broadway seasons, I had probably the best juvenile roles there were for an actor. Then I moved to California to recreate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-picardo/for-two-consecutive-broadway-seasons-i-had-probably-the-best-juvenile/)

[Robert Picardo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-picardo/)

> [If you're looking at my other major science fiction roles - the Doctor on 'Star Trek' and certainly Woolsey on 'Stargate' - I often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-picardo/if-you-re-looking-at-my-other-major-science-fiction-roles-the-doctor/)

[Robert Picardo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-picardo/)

> [It was hard to make a living as an actor in New York if you did not do soap operas or commercials.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-picardo/it-was-hard-to-make-a-living-as-an-actor-in-new-york-if-you-did-not/)

[Robert Picardo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-picardo/)

> [Even though my face has gotten more familiar with doing 'China Beach' and 'The Wonder Years,' I'm the kind of actor that people thought,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-picardo/even-though-my-face-has-gotten-more-familiar-with-doing-china-beach/)

[Robert Picardo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-picardo/)

> [Nobody wants to play - I've talked to Brent Spiner about this. You don't want to play a character indefinitely who's not supposed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-picardo/nobody-wants-to-play-i-ve-talked-to-brent-spiner-about-this-you-don-t/)

[Robert Picardo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-picardo/)

> [We were second-generation immigrants, and it was luxury enough to go to college. The luxury of the arts was still a generation away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-picardo/we-were-second-generation-immigrants-and-it-was-luxury-enough-to-go/)

[Robert Picardo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-picardo/)

> [The fact that we were encouraged to follow our conscience and not to follow the crowds - that's something I really miss. On the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-picardo/the-fact-that-we-were-encouraged-to-follow-our-conscience-and-not-to/)

[Robert Picardo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-picardo/)

> [The best way to tell an actor he's going to be working more and much harder is to appeal to his ego.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-picardo/the-best-way-to-tell-an-actor-he-s-going-to-be-working-more-and-much/)

[Robert Picardo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-picardo/)

> [People admire a screen actor if they have theatre skills, but it's looked down upon by the industry as being not a 'real job,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-picardo/people-admire-a-screen-actor-if-they-have-theatre-skills-but-it-s/)

[Robert Picardo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-picardo/)

> [My agent loves me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-picardo/my-agent-loves-me/)

[Robert Picardo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-picardo/)

> [You play a hologram on 'Star Trek,' and you have to spew line after line. I spoke in paragraphs on 'Star Trek.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-picardo/you-play-a-hologram-on-star-trek-and-you-have-to-spew-line-after-line/)

[Robert Picardo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-picardo/)

> [What's wonderful about 'Star Trek' having been rebooted so successfully by the J. J. Abrams movie franchise is that - the corollary effect is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-picardo/what-s-wonderful-about-star-trek-having-been-rebooted-so-successfully/)

[Robert Picardo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-picardo/)

> [For me, the ideal job as an actor would be something that is intrinsically a drama but to which I could bring in as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-picardo/for-me-the-ideal-job-as-an-actor-would-be-something-that-is/)

[Robert Picardo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-picardo/)

> [Why wouldn't I like to walk into a room full of people who are dying to hear everything I say?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-picardo/why-wouldn-t-i-like-to-walk-into-a-room-full-of-people-who-are-dying/)

[Robert Picardo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-picardo/)

> [I'm not a futurist, and my taste in science fiction was sort of in the gothic horror vein, not space movies and futuristic stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-picardo/i-m-not-a-futurist-and-my-taste-in-science-fiction-was-sort-of-in-the/)

[Robert Picardo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-picardo/)

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