Whoopi Goldberg Quote
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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 a message to LeVar Burton asking him to tell the producers that I would really like to be on the show. He got the message to the producers and they said, "Yeah, right. Whoopi wants to do "Star Trek". One of the members [Gates McFadden] left the show and I heard about it, so I approached the show`s producers again and said, "Listen, I don`t know if you know it or not, but I`ve been trying for a long time now to get on this show." They said LeVar had told them about it and they thought he was kidding. I told them I can`t do all the episodes but I would like to do some of them. "Can I have the job?" They finally said, "Sure, we`ll build you a bar". And they built me Ten-Forward. I got to go in and be really sage and wear great hats. I also got to hang out with some extraordinary people, like Patrick Stewart, LeVar and Jonathan Frakes.
Whoopi Goldberg
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