I think we're all fans, and I understand the whole world of fandom, because I am a fan. Brent Spiner More Quotes by Brent Spiner More Quotes From Brent Spiner Rent Control is not a terrible movie, certainly not for the budget they had. And, again, it's such an '80s kind of thing. Brent Spiner rent-controlterriblekind It just occurred to me that there are some beautiful shots [in Rent Control] with the World Trade Center in the background. Brent Spiner rent-controlbeautifulworld I can tell you one other story about Rent Control. The lead actress in the film, her name was Elizabeth Stack, and it turned out she was Robert Stack's daughter. The only problem with that - and she was lovely - was that she was basically hired because [Gian Luigi Polidoro] thought she was [film producer] Ray Stark's daughter. And he figured that if he ran out of money, her father would kick in some more. I can still remember the day he freaked out when he realized she was actually Robert Stack's daughter. He was just screaming "Untouchables!" over and over. Brent Spiner daughternamesfather Earl Mills is probably the best role I've ever been given in a film. And it was a great experience to work with Halle [Berry] and Klaus Maria Brandauer, an Austrian actor who's a hero of mine. Martha Coolidge directed the movie [Introducing Dorothy Dandridge], giving me another shot, and it was an amazing experience. Brent Spiner rolesherogiving I try to do as much as I can. I probably knew more about Earl Mills than anybody on earth besides people who actually knew him. Brent Spiner earthtryingpeople As it turns out, sometimes that bites you. In this case, I saw pictures of Earl [Mills], and...I actually met him. He was quite old at the time, but he had this sort of curly red hair, so we did that in the film. I got a perm and had red hair, and... It was a mess. Brent Spiner sawsredhair I wanted to look right. I remember a review - a very positive one - in The New York Times that said I was so good in the role [Earl Mills] that I "even managed to overcome a terrible red wig." I wanted to write her and tell her about the agony I'd gone through with the perm, but I thought better of it. Brent Spiner agonynew-yorkwriting It really was not that difficult a process, because I was playing [Data from Star Trek] something that doesn't exist. So it was really based on... Imagination was the key element in that, and whatever I could think of, I could do, because there was no precedent for it. It wasn't like someone was going to say, "Well, an android would never do that." They didn't know! Brent Spiner starskeysthinking Comedy really is my bread and butter, even when I'm doing a serious character, with the exception of Outcast. I have found very little humor in this character. Most of the time, what I do, somewhere there is comedy in it. Brent Spiner comedyseriouscharacter I'm, like, y'know, I didn't have a problem doing one scene in Dude, Where's My Car? I'm certainly not going to have a problem doing one scene in a [Martin] Scorsese movie! Brent Spiner carsceneproblem I've played myself before this ["Brent Spiner"] - and I've played myself since, for that matter - and playing yourself one of the most difficult characters you can play, 'cause God knows most of us don't know who that is. Brent Spiner playing-yourselfcausescharacter It was kind of an amazing class. I went to the Strasberg Institute in New York for a little while after I got there, and I've never seen anybody who was in any of my classes there ever again. I mean, that's not to say they didn't become somebody. I'm not sure. I mean, Sam Jackson could've been in my class, for all I remember. Brent Spiner new-yorkclassmean I do know that when I look around in show business, I see a lot of people who were in my drama class in high school. Brent Spiner classdramaschool I tended to do a lot of shows that were ahead of their time and didn't run very long. Brent Spiner showsrunninglong I did a great show Off-Broadway called Leave It To Beaver Is Dead that was at the Public Theater in New York. It was written by Des McAnuff, who's an illustrious director now, and it starred... Well, I was in it, Mandy Patinkin, Dianne Wiest, Saul Rubinek, and Maury Chaykin. It was an amazing show. But it was definitely ahead of its time, and people didn't quite get it. Brent Spiner broadwaynew-yorkpeople Timing is everything, as you know. Brent Spiner timing-is-everythingtimingknows [Fan In Lobby from Stardust Memories] that was just after The Dain Curse. My other big uncredited role from back then. Brent Spiner rolesfansmemories I always refer to [Stardust Memories] as Sharon Stone's and my first film. Brent Spiner stonesmemoriesfirsts I actually had some funny dialogue [ in Stardust Memories], a little piece, and we shot all day in this big ballroom. Gordon Willis was the director of photography, and at the end of the day, Gordon turned to Woody Allen and said, "We cannot accomplish all of this in this space. It's impossible." And we'd been rehearsing and trying to shoot this thing all day. So Woody said, "Okay, let's do something else." He looked at me and said, "Come back tomorrow, I'll put you in something else." And he did. Brent Spiner spacephotographymemories I really enjoyed doing that [Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2004) - "Graham Barnes"]. I got to work with Margaret Colin, who was a blast to work with, and a wonderful actress, and Taylor Roberts. She was fantastic. And getting to work with Vincent D'Onofrio, who's amazing. But I loved the characters of the parents, these sick psychiatrists. Brent Spiner lawcharacterorder
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