“Like, she had a caterer, she had wardrobe people, she had two makeup artists... I mean, we have makeup and we have wardrobe, but Felicia [Day] was, like, on it. She had two cameras operating, sets, extras everywhere. It was unbelievable. I don't know what her budget was or is, but she had sponsors for her show, and we don't have a sponsor yet, so basically, the difference is, our moms make our costumes.” PeopleKnowsMeanTwoShowsArtistDifferencesMomCamerasBudgetsExtrasMakeupCostumesUnbelievableWardrobeSponsorsMakeup Artist Author:Brent Spiner
“I went to New York out of college, and in my day, we were told that was the way you became a good actor. You don't go to Hollywood, you go straight to New York and work in the theater. So that's what most of the people I knew did.” PeopleWayActorsNew YorkCollegeHollywoodTheaterGood Actors Author:Brent Spiner
“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.” PeopleKnowsLooksShowsSchoolClassDramaHigh SchoolShow BusinessDrama Class Author:Brent Spiner
“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.” PeopleWellsShowsWrittenNew YorkDirectorsTheaterBroadwayShowing OffBeaversMaury Author:Brent Spiner
“When I get to work with people I admire, it's such a bonus, so it was an easy sell when I got this phone call asking, 'Will you do this thing with David Strathairn?'" Also, they didn't ask me to audition, which is another bonus. But they said, "All your scenes will be with David," and I said, "I'm there!"” PeopleSaidAsksEasySceneAskingSellsPhonesAdmireAsk MeAuditionsThey SaidPhone CallsBonus Author:Brent Spiner
“I was, like, "Wow, is this ever going to happen again? Am I ever going to work with another bunch of people I get along with this well?" And then, sure enough, Threshold was just a great bunch of people, and I thought, "Hey, I could hang with these people for a long time!" But, unfortunately, it was 13 episodes and we were out of there.” PeopleWellsLongEnoughHappensLong TimeBunchHeyWowEpisodesGoing To WorkThreshold Author:Brent Spiner
“John Logan pretty much does the Woody Allen thing of just bringing people in and meeting them.” PeopleDoeMeetingsWoody Author:Brent Spiner
“There's such a grand fraternity of actors who've played the Joker, not the least of whom is Mark Hamill, who voiced it for so long and was so great. I did it one time and... I've gotten some feedback on it from people who've seen it and really enjoyed it, but I don't know.” PeopleKnowsLongActorsMarkEnjoyedOne TimeFeedbackFraternity Author:Brent Spiner
“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.” PeopleTryingI CanEarthMills Author:Brent Spiner
“It wasn't exactly a cattle call. I had an agent, and they were seeing people for the parts, so my agent said, "Here's the script, see if there's anything that speaks to you." And I did, and I called my agent and said, "I think this character Data is kind of interesting," and she said, "Well, okay, I'll get you the appointment with Junie Lowry." I had to read with the casting agent first, 'cause nobody really knew me then. Then after that, I had, I think, six different auditions for the role. And finally it was me [on Star Trek].” PeopleIfsThinkingFirstsWellsKindSaidDifferentCharacterSpeakStarsCausesInterestingRolesSeeingSixOkayScriptsAgentsDataAuditionsCastingAppointmentsCattle Author:Brent Spiner
“I've worked with some great people [in Star Trek], and I was paid handsomely, and it was a nice role. So the whole experience was positive for me.” PeopleWholeStarsRolesNicePaidGreat People Author:Brent Spiner
“If you look around at the people in show business today they are basically the people who didn't give up.” PeopleIfsGivingLooksShowsTodayGiving UpShow Business Author: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.” PeopleShowsWishNumbersLuckyShow Business Author:Brent Spiner
“People think that being on Star Trek is career suicide, but it's really just the opposite” PeopleThinkingStarsCareersOppositesSuicide Author:Brent Spiner
