Brent Spiner Quotes & Sayings

I don't read Science Fiction. — Brent Spiner

Yes, Data is hairless but I am not. And we are both anatomically correct. — Brent Spiner

And the basic sort of thrust of Star Trek being about equality and tolerance and things I believe in deeply. — Brent Spiner

And I think it's likely that there will be Data's out there one day. I hope so, if there are, that they all look exactly like me! — Brent Spiner

I try not to make plans. Because, even the best laid plans etc. etc. — Brent Spiner

Having spent so much time in a fictional world, I prefer to read about the real world. — 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 most difficult part of the job! — Brent Spiner

I don't read fiction at all. — Brent Spiner

No, actually I'm trying to stay away from the big screen. — Brent Spiner

Certainly I find it most interesting to play a role that I can invent from nothing. — Brent Spiner

I like to think of myself as the Rutger Hauer of this show Star Trek: The Next Generation. But then I like to think of myself as Rutger Hauer in real life: strikingly handsome, irresistible to women, an intergalactic enigma. — Brent Spiner

Generally, I have to be able to get the lines out of my mouth without making a mistake before I go to sleep. — Brent Spiner

If I'm not mistaken, I think Data was the comic relief on the show. — Brent Spiner

Hollywood has more than its share of harsh and crewel stories. In fact, it's probably more the norm than the exception. — Brent Spiner

Any job you can go to and have a laugh everyday has got to be a good job. — Brent Spiner

I'm an avid biography reader. — Brent Spiner

I think there is something like 90% unemployment in the Screen Actors Guild, so we are the exception. — Brent Spiner

Im thinking of going into rehab. Im not addicted to anything, but I think its good way to jumpstart an acting career. — Brent Spiner

I think it's the business part of the word show business that causes me the most concern. — Brent Spiner

People think that being on Star Trek is career suicide, but it's really just the opposite. — Brent Spiner

I think he is an extremely accessible character. In Data there is no potential for cruelty. — Brent Spiner

And, you know, when you are a kid, everybody wants to be an actor. I think that everybody wants to be in show business, frankly. — Brent Spiner

I think the potential for man is so enormous, if we can stay alive long enough, we're going to be seeing a lot of what Star Trek is projecting. — Brent Spiner

Acting is acting. — Brent Spiner

My own personal favorite Cher song is the unforgettable Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves. — Brent Spiner

If you look around at the people in show business today they are basically the people who didn't give up. — Brent Spiner

Radical surgery is never fun. — Brent Spiner

In my heart, I've never left Brazil. — Brent Spiner

There is no question that everybody who works in show business is lucky because of the number of people who wish they where working in show business. — Brent Spiner