Quotes from Brent Spiner

Radical surgery is never fun.

Im thinking of going into rehab. Im not addicted to anything, but I think its good way to jumpstart an acting career.

I don't know you could do a whole film about Dr. Okun from Independence Day.

I think it's the business part of the word show business that causes me the most concern.

I think he is an extremely accessible character. In Data there is no potential for cruelty.

I don't read Science Fiction.

I don't read fiction at all.

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.

I'm an avid biography reader.

Having spent so much time in a fictional world, I prefer to read about the real world

I think honestly, believe it or not, that Dude, Where's My Car? in a way represents its time better than almost any film made around that.

I had a really nice time on [Alphas]. It was a bunch of really good actors, and I was particularly thrilled to be working with David Strathairn.

I tended to do a lot of shows that were ahead of their time and didn't run very long.

If I'm not mistaken, I think Data was the comic relief on the show.

I love the South Park guys, Trey Parker and Matt Stone. They're geniuses. I throw that word around a lot, but I really do mean it.

They are qualities of a fictional character who is very different from me. This is a mirage called acting. Surrounded by another mirage called celeberty." The young woman speaks again. "I thought this wasn't about you?" She challenges.

And all the qualities she loved about me … they're not real. They are the qualities of a fictional character who is actually very, very different from me. This is a mirage called acting. Surrounded by another mirage called celebrity.

It comes without concern for my neurotic need for acceptance. After all, I wasn't even aware it was happening. It has a life of its own. And it moves me deeply that, even inadvertently, I've participated in making someone's life a little bit better.

Yes, Data is hairless but I am not. And we are both anatomically correct.

People think that being on Star Trek is career suicide, but it's really just the opposite.

My own personal favorite Cher song is the unforgettable Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves.

I think the potential for man is so enormous, if we can stay alive long enough, we're going to be seeing a lot of what Star Trek is projecting.

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.

And I think it's likely that there will be Data's out there one day. I hope so, if there are, that they all look exactly like me!