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Jonathan Frakes

(1952) Television Actor United States

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Jonathan Frakes is a television actor from the United States, best known for The abductors.

Quick Facts About Jonathan Frakes

Born: August 19, 1952
Nationality: United States
Profession: Television Actor
Notable works: The abductors
Spouse: Genie Francis

About Jonathan Frakes

Jonathan Scott Frakes is an American actor and director. He is best known for his portrayal of William Riker in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and subsequent films and series. He has also hosted the anthology series Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, voiced David Xanatos in the Disney television series Gargoyles, and narrated the History Channel documentary Lee and Grant. He is the credited author of the novel The Abductors: Conspiracy, which was ghostwritten by Dean Wesley Smith.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Jonathan Frakes

I like contemporary American literature and I like biographies and I like jazz and I like baseball and I like writers who…

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American literature

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I think that I've been pigeon-holed by virtue of the fact that I've spent so much time in front of a green…

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Facts

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I think, frankly, that I'm a better director than I was an actor.

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Actors

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Don't try to be a great man. Just be a man and let history make its own judgements.

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Great man

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Don't get me wrong-I'm very thankful for all the aliens I've met and loved.

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Aliens

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I always enjoyed going into the holodeck.

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Enjoyed

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I don't think you ever leave Star Trek for good.

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Astronomy

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I think, unfortunately or fortunately, the reality of Hollywood is that if your movie makes money, they'll make another one.

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Hollywood

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Someone once said "Don't try to be a great man. Just be a man, and let history make its own judgements."

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Be a man

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I think I'm a better director than I ever was an actor. I'd love to go back to acting, but nobody seems…

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Acting

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“Books can be viewed as food for the mind Stop reading and your brain can become anemic Read junk and your thinking…

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Book

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I'm sort of in for a penny, in for a pound with Star Trek, It's my life at this point. To deny…

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Astronomy

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If the prime directives were followed a little more accurately here on earth, I mean it sounds somewhat Pollyanna, but I think…

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Earth

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I've always thought that we, as human beings, would be naive and arrogant to pretend that we're the only life form in…

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Arrogant

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Well, there's much more time to do a weekly show, and much more coverage - as it turns out, it was all…

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Compared

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No, the type-casting didn't happen until after Star Trek. I don't think that you get typecast until you've been cast!

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Casting

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I think Star Trek has been very double-edged for all of us - as actors, writers, directors.

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Actors

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One of my philosophies as a director is to listen to other people's great ideas because they'll help make you better.

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Directors

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