It's not like I go around trying to imprint all the characters I play with Q. — John de Lancie Around Copy Share Image
I don't physically enjoy watching TV. I don't enjoy the commercials. — John de Lancie Commercials Copy Share Image
I'm not a great 'Star Trek' fan, but I love science fiction. — John de Lancie Astronomy Copy Share Image
The part of television I like are things that have a documentary feel to them. — John de Lancie Documentary Copy Share Image
Being idly hanging around, and that's not good for an actor to do. — John de Lancie Actor Copy Share Image
I've always been a Geographic fan, from as early as there was television. — John de Lancie Always Copy Share Image
I don't think that 'Legend' was the absolute greatest show on television. — John de Lancie Greatest Copy Share Image
It's great fun to have the license to say damn near anything you want, short of being offensive. — John de Lancie Anything Copy Share Image
A lot of the time you find that elements of a character are brought out by the actors playing them. — John de Lancie Actors Copy Share Image
'Petrushka' was not conceived as a children's ballet, even though it involves puppets. We're on the outer limits of what's child-appropriate here. — John de Lancie Ballet Copy Share Image
I sail to Hawaii and back a lot, and it sometimes involves very terrifying experiences. And you have to keep yourself from… — John de Lancie Becoming Copy Share Image
I'm sure Roddenberry in his wildest dreams never would have thought he would have gotten five TV series out of his idea. — John de Lancie Dreams Copy Share Image
I have to say as the years have gone on I'm getting a little tired of just Q, because I do a… — John de Lancie Little Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of Fox News. They do more to pervert the truth in this country than most organizations that I… — John de Lancie Country Copy Share Image
The thing about good acting is asking, how much are you going to reveal and when should you let the viewers' imagination… — John de Lancie Acting Copy Share Image
The way you can see what an actor brings to a role is you turn the sound off. Everything else becomes subtext,… — John de Lancie Actor Copy Share Image
I got a call from my agent saying you have an offer to voice a cartoon by the name of 'My Little… — John de Lancie Always Copy Share Image
I mean, an actor's got to be known for something. Typecasting is an unfortunate kind of reflex punishment for having done a… — John de Lancie Actor Copy Share Image
I'd really like to think Picard and Q are each other's Jekyll and Hyde. That's an interesting way to look at their… — John de Lancie Good Copy Share Image
It was fans... who understood 'Star Trek' and brought it back to life. 'Hill Street Blues,' 'The Paper Chase,' and 'Til Fly… — John de Lancie Astronomy Copy Share Image
I live in such a free-lance world and I've done 'Trek' so infrequently, when you really think about it, that continuity really… — John de Lancie Continuity Copy Share Image
You have to risk to get ahead The person whos always hugging the tree trunk and never walking out onto the skinny… — John de Lancie Goals Copy Share Image
The problem with Alien Voices 'was we had four really terrific years. And then it began to be about selling: Simon &… — John de Lancie Alien Copy Share Image
'War of the Worlds' was a goof delivered as news bulletins. It was the beginning of an erosion that now has us… — John de Lancie Good Copy Share Image
No technology comes close to the effect of a live symphony orchestra. — John de Lancie Close Copy Share Image
I was raised on the classics - Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, and others. — John de Lancie Classics Copy Share Image
I'd be happy to have run rehearsals for a month, but it gets expensive to do that. — John de Lancie Expensive Copy Share Image
That was the great, great thing about 'Star Trek,' that it was a show that people could tune into at all sorts… — John de Lancie Could Copy Share Image
When I did 'Farpoint,' I didn't even know I was going to do a second show, and the experience went on for… — John de Lancie Even Copy Share Image
I usually play the sort of hard-boiled guy who is forcing situations - I'm not usually playing the person in reaction. — John de Lancie Forcing Copy Share Image
I don't think I will be playing Q again. I could be wrong, but I'm not counting on it. The character has… — John de Lancie Bad Copy Share Image
The perspective is that one week out of the year does not a career make nor enough income make. — John de Lancie Career Copy Share Image
The best movie for me is a science fiction movie, the best books for me are science fiction books. I love this… — John de Lancie Best Copy Share Image