[The Aviator] came about through John Logan, who I've been friends with for many years. Brent Spiner More Quotes by Brent Spiner More Quotes From 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 giving-up people looks John Logan was kind of wrapping up - "Well, thanks for coming in..." - and I thought, "Oh, God, this is over and I'm out of here, and I really don't want to leave."So I said, "Can I ask you a question?" He said, "Sure." "What movie do you think you've seen more than any other movie?" And he said, "Wow, let me think about that. I guess probably The Searchers." And I said, "Well, oddly, that's the movie I've seen more than any other movie." And I wasn't just BS-ing. It's true. It's my favorite movie. Brent Spiner wrapping-up want thinking My own personal favorite Cher song is the unforgettable Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves. Brent Spiner gypsy thieves song I don't think everybody wanted to be on [new Star Trek series] . I certainly didn't. Brent Spiner stars wanted thinking When I go to the old folks' home, I'm gonna be sitting in a rocking chair, telling everybody how I worked with Jack [Lemmon] and Walter [Matthau]. Brent Spiner chairs sitting home Any job you can go to and have a laugh everyday has got to be a good job. Brent Spiner everyday jobs laughing Bill Prady and Chuck Lorre, the guys who run that show [Big Bang Theory], are really funny and really smart, and the cast is fantastic to work with. Brent Spiner smart guy running People think that being on Star Trek is career suicide, but it's really just the opposite Brent Spiner stars suicide thinking And the basic sort of thrust of Star Trek being about equality and tolerance and things I believe in deeply. Brent Spiner tolerance stars believe Certainly I find it most interesting to play a role that I can invent from nothing. Brent Spiner roles play interesting They were nicely written and nicely directed episodes [Star Trek: Enterprise]. I enjoyed working with Scott [Bakula]. So it was good to do, and, as you said, it did serve to enhance the Soong legacy. Brent Spiner episodes legacy stars I'm an avid biography reader. Brent Spiner avid biographies reader I think there is something like 90% unemployment in the Screen Actors Guild, so we are the exception. Brent Spiner unemployment actors thinking 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 mouths mistake sleep Can't argue with Gene Roddenberry. He was a pretty brilliant guy. Brent Spiner brilliant guy arguing 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 wish numbers people Having spent so much time in a fictional world, I prefer to read about the real world Brent Spiner real-world real world 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 stars real thinking Initially I objected to the Data makeup. I said, "Why do I need this makeup? Why can't I just look like me?" In fact, I said to Gene Roddenberry, "Don't you think that by this time in history, they would've figured out how to make skin look like skin?" And he said, "What makes you think that what you have isn't better than skin?" And I went, "Um, okay." Brent Spiner makeup data thinking 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 cells brain jobs
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