Trek Quotes
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About the Star Trek uniforms: "We hate our uniforms. We`ve said it a gazillion times. It`s like a chant that we have to say every day. They`re hot, they`re uncomfortable, and we can`t wait to get out of them. But even when we get to wear something else, i...
Marina Sirtis
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On doing a "Star Trek" convention after 10 years: "One of the main reasons I`m here, if not the entire reason I`m here, is to celebrate Gene Roddenberry. He discovered me, in many ways, when I was a kid in Hollywood, and he put me in two different segment...
Diana Muldaur
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[after a female fan effectively proposed marriage to him at a Star Trek convention] "I don`t know, I don`t have a ring. My wife does, however. Let`s go talk to her."
Robert McNeill
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On writing his first Star Trek book: "People were worried that somehow, by writing this book I was going to give up that mystery of Garak, and Garak now was going to be completely understood, but I think just the opposite happened."
Andrew Robinson
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Her thoughts on why Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) failed at the box office: "I think the fans want to see the whole team in action, while that was very much Picard taking center stage. Also, I didn`t think Tom [Hardy] was at all convincing as a young Patrick ...
Marina Sirtis
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What`s nice is you know a Star Trek" movie is still one that everybody wants. It remains Paramount`s cash cow, so there`s no danger of it going away anytime soon." (September 2006)
Majel Barrett
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[in 1994 interview, on how she got cast in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)] I did it because, frankly, I couldn`t get any other work then. I liked the show, so I asked if I could be on it. As a matter of fact, I asked twice. The first time, I sent...
Whoopi Goldberg
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On the best and worst part about playing a Star Trek captain: "The best thing was simply the privilege and the challenge of being able to take a shot at the first female captain, transcending stereotypes that I was very familiar with. [I was] able to do t...
Kate Mulgrew
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I really didn`t have to work, shall we say, with "Star Trek." It was a natural. When I opened my mouth, there was Scotty. It`s like I tell people what you see in Scotty is 99% James Doohan and 1% accent.
James Doohan
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[on Star Trek fans] They`re the most devoted group of people and contrary to what people think, they don`t have antennae coming out of their heads.
DeForest Kelley
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I wasn`t a "Star Trek" (1966) fan, yet I knew who all the characters were. That goes to show what an impact the show had--not just in entertainment but in life. I knew who Chekhov was and I knew who Kirk and Spock were, although I probably had never seen ...
Marina Sirtis
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About leaving the show Star Trek: "Leaving the show was a really difficult decision to make. It was purely an artistic one. I was very, very frustrated as an actor on the show and I felt straight jacketed. I always kind of use the comparison of being draf...
Denise Crosby
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When asked if she felt _Terry Farrell_ made the right decision by leaving Star Trek: Absolutely. Because she was following her own instincts. That can`t be wrong and she certainly got a lot more years of experience doing the Ted Danson show Becker on CBS....
Nana Visitor
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On being typcast after Star Trek: "I`ve been getting a lot of science fiction scripts which contained variations on my Star Trek character and I`ve been turning them down. I strongly feel that the next role I do, I should not be wearing spandex."
Marina Sirtis
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On being typcast after Star Trek: "I`ve been getting a lot of science fiction scripts which contained variations on my Star Trek character and I`ve been turning them down. I strongly feel that the next role I do, I should not be wearing spandex."
Marina Sirtis
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On auditioning for "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987): "I walked in and was told they had three parts, and I could play any part I wanted. `Okay`, I asked, `Which one is the funniest?` Beverly Crusher. I swear to god. Seriously! So I go, `Okay, fine`...
Gates McFadden
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On the best thing about playing a Star Trek captain: "One of the reasons that I accepted, once asked to do Star Trek, was to give a single child a chance to see the long thought, to see themselves some 400 years hence. It occurred to me that we must ensur...
Avery Brooks
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On the best thing about playing a Star Trek captain: "One of the reasons that I accepted, once asked to do Star Trek, was to give a single child a chance to see the long thought, to see themselves some 400 years hence. It occurred to me that we must ensur...
Avery Brooks
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On "Star Trek" conventions: "I have the best time. My stand-up material is pretty well-set now. The traveling part gets me down, but the actual convention part I still love. I come home after a weekend at a convention, and you have to scrape me off the ce...
Marina Sirtis
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On working in Star Trek: Insurrection (1998): "I hadn`t seen much of Star Trek, so this really was like stepping into a whole new universe. But I feel a sense of honor and responsibility being in it, because I know that the fans of the series and films ha...
Donna Murphy
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On working in Star Trek: Insurrection (1998): "I hadn`t seen much of Star Trek, so this really was like stepping into a whole new universe. But I feel a sense of honor and responsibility being in it, because I know that the fans of the series and films ha...
Donna Murphy
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I have deep feelings about Star Trek. I feel that it`s able to present archetypes that are important story telling tools. And we need story telling.
Nana Visitor
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[on being in Street Fighter (1994)] This is a fun movie about a kind of fantasy land, sort of like "Star Trek" (1966).
Wes Studi
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On her scene in Star Trek: Generations (1994) where she`s piloting the "Enterprise": "It was a fascinating sequence. What was funny was that my chair caught fire and burned my bottom. When we did the next take, I stopped in the middle of all the confusion...
Marina Sirtis
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On how he felt about the ending of Star Trek Deep Space Nine: "The show ran for seven years. It was a long, long road. I did have some reservations initially when I read the script [for the series finale. What You Leave Behind], because I thought they wer...
Avery Brooks
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(to William Shatner, on his deathbed) Let`s make just one more Star Trek movie! I sure miss making those movies!
DeForest Kelley
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On the sets of "Star Trek": "When we ever had problems with potentially dangerous or unhealthy conditions on the set, Patrick (Stewart) was the first to complain. He went to SAG and made sure people came out and tested for toxins when the smoke machine wa...
Marina Sirtis
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On how the success of "Stargate SG-1" (1997) has surpassed that of "Star Trek" in recent years: "I am always amazed when I travel abroad that Stargate has become huge. It`s huge in Britain. It`s far eclipsed Star Trek. It`s now huge in Germany. I understa...
Robert Picardo
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On how the success of "Stargate SG-1" (1997) has surpassed that of "Star Trek" in recent years: "I am always amazed when I travel abroad that Stargate has become huge. It`s huge in Britain. It`s far eclipsed Star Trek. It`s now huge in Germany. I understa...
Robert Picardo
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I didn`t watch Star Trek" the first year it was on, before I was on the show. I took one look at the styrofoam rocks and said: `There`s no way I`m going to watch this!`"
Walter Koenig
