“I mean, I'm the tag of the [ Big Bang Theory ] show! That was one of the easiest jobs I've ever had.” MeanShowsBigsJobsTheoryBangsTag Author:Brent Spiner
“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.” ShowsBigsRunningGuyTheorySmartBillsCastsFantasticBangsChuckReally Smart Author:Brent Spiner
“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 had a fantastic teacher in high school. I had one of those guys you dream of having, who molds your life and inspires you to go in a particular direction, and he was quite brilliant. His name was Cecil Pickett, and a lot of the kids from my high-school drama class are in professional show business and have done quite well.” WellsDoneShowsDreamKidsSchoolGuyNamesClassTeacherInspireParticularDramaHigh SchoolBrilliantFantasticShow BusinessMoldDrama Class 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 couple of little Off-Broadway things, but my first Broadway show was A History Of The American Film, written by Chris Durang. Swoosie Kurtz was one of the stars. It was a wonderful show. It closed in 40 performances. I think it was kind of ahead of its time.” ThinkingFirstsKindLittlesShowsFilmStarsWonderfulWrittenCouplePerformancesBroadwayAmerican FilmBroadway Shows Author:Brent Spiner
“I tended to do a lot of shows that were ahead of their time and didn't run very long.” LongShowsRunning 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
“That was a really interesting series [Threshold ] that I think would've been really great had it continued. I know Brannon Braga, who was running the show at the time, had a lot of really interesting ideas for what was going to happen the second, third, fourth, and fifth seasons, and they had it really planned out what was going to go on. But CBS just decided to pull the plug on it.” ThinkingKnowsIdeasShowsHappensRunningInterestingGoes OnDecidedThirdsSeasonsSeriesFourthReally GreatFifthReally InterestingThresholdPlugsInteresting Ideas Author:Brent Spiner
“We were kind of never one of CBS favorites [with Threshold], even though we'd gotten really good reviews for the pilot. We were on at, what was it, 10 o'clock on a Friday night? That's kind of where you bury a show if you don't want it to last. But, wow, what a cast, huh? You could never get that cast together again.” IfsWantKindShowsTogetherLastsNightCastsClockReviewsWowPilotsFridayThresholdTogether AgainFriday Night Author:Brent Spiner
“I know a guy who writes on the show, it was his episode, and he called and said, "Would you do it?" And I said, "Yeah." There's not really much else to tell, except that I was thrilled to be on The Simpsons, because it's one of the greatest series in the history of television.” KnowsWritingSaidShowsGuyTelevisionYeahSeriesEpisodes Author:Brent Spiner
“I didn't really watch the show [Star Trek]. I still haven't seen about 150 of them. So I didn't really think of them too much in terms of episodes. I thought of them as kind of one long seven-year episode.” ThinkingYearsKindLongStillsShowsStarsTermWatchesToo MuchHavensSevenEpisodesSeven Years Author:Brent Spiner
“I think Rick Berman just called me and asked me if I wanted to do the show [Star Trek: Enterprise], and he said they'd write an arc if I'd do it.” IfsThinkingWritingSaidShowsWantedStarsEnterpriseArcs Author:Brent Spiner
“I think that Enterprise was getting better and better, actually, and if it had kept going, I think it would've turned into as good a show as any other in the Star Trek franchise.” IfsThinkingShowsStarsGet BetterEnterprise Author: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.” ThinkingKnowsWantShowsKidsActorsShow Business 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
“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.” ThinkingRealShowsNextStarsGenerationsReal LifeHandsomeNext GenerationIrresistibleEnigmaStar Trek Next GenerationRutgers Author:Brent Spiner
“I think it's the business part of the word show business that causes me the most concern.” ThinkingShowsCausesConcernShow Business Author:Brent Spiner
