“I made a promise to myself that I would try to introduce something unexpected in every single episode of the series. It was largely to amuse myself as much as anything. I didn't ever want the audience to feel that they knew everything.” WantFeelsTryingMadeAudiencePromiseSeriesUnexpectedIntroducingEpisodesSomething Unexpected Author:Patrick Stewart
“I've often reflected on this in the past weeks as I've been following the presidential campaign: Very often, I thought it would have been great for both of these guys to sit down and be force-fed a couple of dozen episodes of Star Trek.” Has BeensPastGuyForceStarsWeekCoupleDown AndFollowingCampaignsPresidentialFedsDozenEpisodesPresidential Campaign Author:Patrick Stewart
“As the captain, I was going to be having the dominant role in most of the episodes, and that was appealing. I wasn't interested in coming to Hollywood to sit around.” RolesHollywoodEpisodesCaptainsDominant Author:Patrick Stewart
“As time went on, I did campaign to lighten the character a little bit, to introduce some romance into the episodes, outside activities, horse riding and fencing and mountaineering.” LittlesCharacterRomanceBitsActivityLittle BitHorseCampaignsRidingIntroducingEpisodesMountaineeringFencingHorse Riding Author:Patrick Stewart
“I began directing episodes, which was a great light every couple of months. We never short-changed our audience, but it became something that you had to work at rather than something that was a pleasure.” LightPleasureAudienceChangedMonthsCoupleEpisodes Author:Patrick Stewart
“We've heard from many teachers that they used episodes of Star Trek and concepts of Star Trek in their science classrooms in order to engage the students.” ScienceUsedOrderStarsTeacherHeardStudentsConceptsClassroomEpisodes Author:Patrick Stewart
