I think I am going to meet with Zoe and let her pick my brain if she wants to, but I would like to hold that in abeyance to see what she, because she’s such a lovely actress and creative actress herself. I’d love to wait and see what she brings to it so that I can understand, so that I can get to see who and what Uhura was like and what the qualities were that Uhura, Nyota Uhura had that qualified her to go on that first five-year mission where no man or woman had gone before. I think she might bring some interesting new qualities to the character.
Some people view Gene as a man with a wild futuristic utopian fantasy, but that’s too simple. Star Trek did not promise that people would magically become inherently “better,” but that they would progress, always reaching for their highest potential and noblest goals, even if it took centuries of taking two steps forward and one step back. Ideally, humankind would be guided in its quest by reason and justice. The ultimate futility of armed conflict, terrorism, dictatorial rule, prejudice, disregard for the environment, and exercising power for its own sake was demonstrated time and again.
I’ve grown up just thinking that what people refer to as powers are natural extension of our lives, of our abilities, and are hidden somewhere in that 90% of our brain that even Einstein hadn’t used yet.
I think anybody with any intelligence sits down and sees Star Trek not a kids' show.
It was towards the end of the show and I was really considering leaving the show, for no other reason than I wanted to return to the theatre. I went in to talk to Gene - this was I was getting up nerve to tell him I was leaving the show, but at this point I went in and I said "Gene, I've been watching each of the episodes and they each get better and better" and I said, "And I discovered something: you're writing morality plays." And he said, "Shhh. They haven't figured it out yet."
As I soon learned, this was the dream to which Gene had alluded so often in the past. Interestingly, though he’d said many times before that there might be something in this for me, that day I won a part that had yet to be created. It was only after I’d been brought on board, and Gene and I conceived and created her, that Uhura was born. Many times through the years I’ve referred to Uhura as my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter of the twenty-third century. Gene and I agreed that she would be a citizen of the United States of Africa. And her name, Uhura, is derived from Uhuru, which is Swahili for “freedom.” According to the “biography” Gene and I developed for my character, Uhura was far more than an intergalactic telephone operator. As head of Communications, she commanded a corps of largely unseen communications technicians, linguists, and other specialists who worked in the bowels of the Enterprise, in the “comm-center.” A linguistics scholar and a top graduate of Starfleet Academy, she was a protégée of Mr. Spock, whom she admired for his daring, his intelligence, his stoicism, and especially his logic. We even had outlined exactly where Uhura had grown up, who her parents were, and why she had been chosen over other candidates for the Enterprise’s five-year mission.
Well my mother was a genuine psychic. She never went into business for it, but she could interpret dreams. She dreamed and other things, and sensory things. If I walked into the house and something was bothering me, and I was always the kind to shelter my loved ones from my problems. I walked out, my mother would say okay sit down and tell me what’s the matter. I’d burst out crying. I’d walk in the house. "Hi I’m home. Guess what I did today?" And she says, "sit down - tell me what’s the problem". And she knew before I knew everything. She knew when people were in trouble and she knew when people were pregnant before they did sometimes. And I grew up with this as a natural thing. It was not a phenomena to me until I grew up and people reacted to it. And I realized that this is something that not everyone has.
All the people in Star Trek will always be known as those characters. And what characters to have attached to your name in life! The show is such a phenomenon all over the world.
In "Plato's Stepchildren," Uhura and Kirk were supposed to kiss under duress from their captors. It became an issue with the director and Gene Roddenberry finally decided to shoot the scene with and without the kiss. Bill Shatner kept kissing until there was only time for one more take. When the camera zoomed in, Bill crossed his eyes and the director didn't notice it until the next day in dailies. Of course the last scene was unusable and they had to go with the kiss scene, which became history as the first interracial kiss on TV.
Science is not a boy's game, it's not a girl's game. It's everyone's game. It's about where we are and where we're going. Space travel benefits us here on Earth. And we ain't stopped yet. There's more exploration to come.
Uhura never had another name during the series. One of the fan writers wrote "Upenda" - which means "peace" in Swahili, I understand -- not officially, but in some of their fan writings. And it sort of took hold. But when they were going to do the official history of Star Trek in a published book, the writer called Gene and asked him was "Uhura" her first name or her last name? Gene said, "Well, Nichelle and I never decided." We always leaned towards it being her last name because it's taken from the Swahili "uhuru" which means freedom. So it would sort of be like the same as "Freeman." So he said, "You can make it her last name." The writer said, "What about her first name? I've come up with one in Swahili. It's Nyota." Gene said, "I can't give you that permission because Nichelle and I named her together, and she has rights to that, so you'll have to call her and get her permission." So he gave him my number, and he called me and I laughed and was delighted. He said, "I have a name and it's Nyota." I said, "That's quite beautiful. What does it mean?" He said, "It means 'star'." I said, "You can have my permission!" So I have since said that her name is Nyota Upenda Uhura, which would mean a free-floating star: "star of freedom and peace". I like that.
I was very blessed in always knowing what I wanted to do, and by the grace of God I've been able to succeed in my chosen career.
Star Trek represented, and still does represent, the future we can have, a future that is beyond the petty squabbles we are dealing with here on Earth, now as much as ever, and are able to devote ourselves to the betterment of all human kind by doing what we do so well: explore. This kind of a future isn't impossible - and we need to all rethink our priorities to really bring that vision to life.
Space travel benefits us here on Earth. And we ain't stopped yet. There's more exploration to come.
Gene's whole vision was that minorities weren't on set because we were minorities, we were on set because in the future our diverse world would all be working together as equals. I understand that everyone needs to see role models that can inspire them and talk to them and represent them, but I believe we need to move to a future that transcends race, gender, or anything else. We're all people.
It's just coincidental that the acting took off first over everything else.
I'm a fan of the fans. I love them. They're fabulous. I love being around them. I love their madness and their caring. I love watching them take off for a weekend, don the costumes, and become characters from the 23rd century and beyond. I thank the fans for giving us--me--so much support and love. I want them to know I love them. They'll always be my friends. I'll see the fans, always. They can rest assured of that.
Charlie X”)? Those were the hints, as far as I’m concerned.
I've agreed to do several Star Trek conventions this coming year.
Musical theatre has always been my first love. I was on my way to Broadway when, as I tell my fans, Star Trek interrupted my career!
Billie Holiday I never met, but I love her music.
I hated the color, that was all. It was kind of a pea green. Gene hated the color also, and so he called Bill Theiss in and told him he wanted to change that costume, and um, -- so I think I wore that pea green thing for a couple of episodes and then they changed to that beautiful red.
Mahalia Jackson, I grew up around the corner from in Chicago.
The day Jimmy Doohan fell into the water off the Bird of Prey. All the actors in the live scene thought it was a joke and jumped in after him. Nimoy, who was directing the film, was flabbergasted but quickly jumped in with them and screamed at the camera crew, "Keep shooting -- keep shooting!" It turned out to be a keeper and one of the best shots in the movie.
What drove me was probably was drove most performers: I'm an artist, and performing is what I do. So it's my passion that drives me. There's never been anything that can hold me back. Maybe it was my passion blinding me, but I never saw myself as a actress; I saw myself as me, Nichelle Nichols. My biggest obstacle, if anything, was trying to decide where to focus — on music or acting. They are both my passion.
I spent so much time focusing on music and Broadway that I hadn't really gotten into any of it until I met Gene Roddenberry, and his passion was contagious.
I think "Star Trek" is always going to be a window into what lies ahead of us. I'm happy to see another generation of actors and actresses leading the charge. And now there are so many fans being a part of it. If it weren't for the fans, there'd be nothing to do.
Well, there've been so many. You can watch me play a female pimp in the ‘70s or a wise grandmother on the "Young and the Restless" just last year. I just love performing.
All I want for my birthday is my two front teeth. Well, I have all my teeth ... I just want to keep on keeping on. I love what I do.
Donnerstag, 28. Dezember 2017
Mittwoch, 27. Dezember 2017
Happy Birthday Wilson Cruz!
I don't know if I believe in role models. We're all so different; we're all individuals. In the long run, that's what matters.
I’m going to say this once and post it here for anyone who has an issue. I won’t be spending my time arguing with the few. I’m focusing on the love.
I’m not here for your comfort. That’s not why we are here. We’re here to grow. Star Trek is and has always been here to challenge you to look outside of yourself and to see other people and other experiences in yourself. There is no division between you and me. I am just another human giving and receiving love, just like you. That is all.
You can turn your TV off, sure, but you’ll only be cheating yourself. LGBTQ people aren’t going to just disappear because you put your head in the sand. We share the planet with you. We have always been here. We will always be here. You just don’t want to see us. I’m happy to tell you we won’t be invisible anymore. Not for your comfort. We are living and loving out loud the way our creator intended us to because LOVE is nothing to hide. If my love offends you then you should take a look at that. Love is never wrong. It is the answer. We need MORE of it along with more curiosity and wonder at the diversity within our very own species. That’s no accident. We were all made differently for a reason. How much easier would it be if we were all the same? Perhaps, we aren’t exactly the same so we could do the great work of seeing, appreciating and LOVING those beautiful and quirky differences that make us human. Willful ignorance has only brought us pain and anger and death. I know that’s not what you want.
I humbly suggest you learn the lesson. Star Trek could be a great start. It’s been my experience that if you don’t learn it, the universe, in the end, will find a more personal way to teach it to you. That’s harder. So, learn it with us and open your mind and heart. It’s easier that way.
Good luck.
We still live in a world where you can be shamed into taking your own life for identifying as a Puerto Rican gay man. We still live in a world where you can be fired from your job or denied housing. We still live in a world where I can be denied my right to marry another Puerto Rican gay man. So, you see, my identity is my sword in the fight against prejudice and I hold it high – like a torch.
When your birthday coincides with the end of the year you can’t help but get pensive and take the time to take stock of the last year and begin to plan for the new year. I’m so grateful for the opportunities and lessons of the last year and so excited about all that is on the horizon in the year to come.
I’m wishing all of you every happiness in the year to come. May you Live Long and Prosper. #2018
The measure of a friend and an actor is their capacity for listening.
We have VERY long memories. A catastrophe of this size will not be forgotten - not when you’ve lost everything and forced to flee your island because of the negligence of your Govt. We will remember.
Make no mistake, the @gop is celebrating the tax cut they gave themselves today. They just agreed to keep more of their own money in their own pockets and gave the White House resident a windfall while giving you crumbs and fucking healthcare without lube. YIPPEE! See you in 2018
Am I shocked that a “man” who resides in the White House (#NotMyPresident) who owns a corporation is peddling the LARGEST ONE-TIME CORPORATE TAX CUT IN U.S. history? No. But I am disgusted and FURIOUS!
I’d like to go on record to say, generally speaking, I know what you’re saying. Stop asking. It’s a pet peeve, know what I’m sayin’?
Have you SEEN my uniform? I can’t eat ICE CREAM!
work! Werk!! WURQUE!
Very much like me, Culber doesn't care if you're annoyed with a beautiful melody. That's YOUR stuff! LOL
Giving you all a peek Into the endless possibilities the universe presents.
I may have slept until 1pm today. Don’t judge me... I’m talking to myself.
I’m going to say this once and post it here for anyone who has an issue. I won’t be spending my time arguing with the few. I’m focusing on the love.
I’m not here for your comfort. That’s not why we are here. We’re here to grow. Star Trek is and has always been here to challenge you to look outside of yourself and to see other people and other experiences in yourself. There is no division between you and me. I am just another human giving and receiving love, just like you. That is all.
You can turn your TV off, sure, but you’ll only be cheating yourself. LGBTQ people aren’t going to just disappear because you put your head in the sand. We share the planet with you. We have always been here. We will always be here. You just don’t want to see us. I’m happy to tell you we won’t be invisible anymore. Not for your comfort. We are living and loving out loud the way our creator intended us to because LOVE is nothing to hide. If my love offends you then you should take a look at that. Love is never wrong. It is the answer. We need MORE of it along with more curiosity and wonder at the diversity within our very own species. That’s no accident. We were all made differently for a reason. How much easier would it be if we were all the same? Perhaps, we aren’t exactly the same so we could do the great work of seeing, appreciating and LOVING those beautiful and quirky differences that make us human. Willful ignorance has only brought us pain and anger and death. I know that’s not what you want.
I humbly suggest you learn the lesson. Star Trek could be a great start. It’s been my experience that if you don’t learn it, the universe, in the end, will find a more personal way to teach it to you. That’s harder. So, learn it with us and open your mind and heart. It’s easier that way.
Good luck.
We still live in a world where you can be shamed into taking your own life for identifying as a Puerto Rican gay man. We still live in a world where you can be fired from your job or denied housing. We still live in a world where I can be denied my right to marry another Puerto Rican gay man. So, you see, my identity is my sword in the fight against prejudice and I hold it high – like a torch.
When your birthday coincides with the end of the year you can’t help but get pensive and take the time to take stock of the last year and begin to plan for the new year. I’m so grateful for the opportunities and lessons of the last year and so excited about all that is on the horizon in the year to come.
I’m wishing all of you every happiness in the year to come. May you Live Long and Prosper. #2018
The measure of a friend and an actor is their capacity for listening.
We have VERY long memories. A catastrophe of this size will not be forgotten - not when you’ve lost everything and forced to flee your island because of the negligence of your Govt. We will remember.
Make no mistake, the @gop is celebrating the tax cut they gave themselves today. They just agreed to keep more of their own money in their own pockets and gave the White House resident a windfall while giving you crumbs and fucking healthcare without lube. YIPPEE! See you in 2018
Am I shocked that a “man” who resides in the White House (#NotMyPresident) who owns a corporation is peddling the LARGEST ONE-TIME CORPORATE TAX CUT IN U.S. history? No. But I am disgusted and FURIOUS!
I’d like to go on record to say, generally speaking, I know what you’re saying. Stop asking. It’s a pet peeve, know what I’m sayin’?
Have you SEEN my uniform? I can’t eat ICE CREAM!
work! Werk!! WURQUE!
Very much like me, Culber doesn't care if you're annoyed with a beautiful melody. That's YOUR stuff! LOL
Giving you all a peek Into the endless possibilities the universe presents.
I may have slept until 1pm today. Don’t judge me... I’m talking to myself.
Montag, 25. Dezember 2017
Happy Birthday Rick Berman!
If obesity is a disease, it is the only one that I am familiar with that you can cure by taking long walks and keeping your mouth shut.
Kids are not driving themselves to McDonalds. It's not about kids and their choices. It's about parents and their choices.
The way unions are presently structured is often anachronistic. They don't want to recognize that the world has moved on. Management isn't treating employees like they were in the 1930s or '40s.
It's not an easy task. On the other hand, I have nothing to be ashamed about. We created 624 hours of television and four feature films and I think we did a hell of a job. I'm amazed that we managed to get 18 years of the kind of work that everyone involved managed to contribute to, and it's certainly more than anyone could have asked for.
The reason that the law is set up with secret ballots is that it's too easy to compromise someone's intention.
On leaving the Star Trek franchise: "It's not an easy task. On the other hand, I have nothing to be ashamed about. We created 624 hours of television and four feature films and I think we did a hell of a job. I'm amazed that we managed to get 18 years of the kind of work that everyone involved managed to contribute to, and it's certainly more than anyone could have asked for."
Two things built the Internet: Star Trek and porn.
No one wants the next Star Trek movie to work more than I do. I just hope it's a little closer to the movie we all want it to be.
Kids are not driving themselves to McDonalds. It's not about kids and their choices. It's about parents and their choices.
The way unions are presently structured is often anachronistic. They don't want to recognize that the world has moved on. Management isn't treating employees like they were in the 1930s or '40s.
It's not an easy task. On the other hand, I have nothing to be ashamed about. We created 624 hours of television and four feature films and I think we did a hell of a job. I'm amazed that we managed to get 18 years of the kind of work that everyone involved managed to contribute to, and it's certainly more than anyone could have asked for.
The reason that the law is set up with secret ballots is that it's too easy to compromise someone's intention.
On leaving the Star Trek franchise: "It's not an easy task. On the other hand, I have nothing to be ashamed about. We created 624 hours of television and four feature films and I think we did a hell of a job. I'm amazed that we managed to get 18 years of the kind of work that everyone involved managed to contribute to, and it's certainly more than anyone could have asked for."
Two things built the Internet: Star Trek and porn.
No one wants the next Star Trek movie to work more than I do. I just hope it's a little closer to the movie we all want it to be.
Freitag, 22. Dezember 2017
Happy Birthday Reinhard Mey!
Das Glück hängt nur davon ab, welche Menschen einen umgeben. Elternhaus, Freunde, Familie.
Das prägt und gibt Halt. Mit allem anderen kann man sich irgendwie arrangieren.
Guildo Horn hat immerhin ein paar zarte, für diese Region ungewöhnliche Pflänzchen zum Blühen gebracht: das Schmunzeln, das Kichern und das Augenzwinkern.
Der Kummer ist tiefer, der Trost scheint schwächer und es heilt nicht alles mehr...Wo ist meine Sorglosigkeit geblieben? Was machte Erkenntnis daraus? Manchmal wünscht' ich, es wär' nochmal viertel vor sieben und ich wünschte ich käme nach Haus. Nur einen Augenblick nochmal das Bündel ablegen. Mit arglosem Übermut, durch dunkle Wege der Zuflucht entgegen und glauben können, alles wird gut. Manchmal wünscht' ich, die Dinge wär'n so einfach geblieben und die Wege gingen nur gradeaus. Manchmal wünscht' ich, es wär' nochmal viertel vor sieben und ich wünschte ich käme nach Haus.
Wenn man länger leben will, dann hilft nur eins: älter werden.
Ein Schlager ist nur gut, wenn er sich gut verkauft. Ein Chanson kann ein Meisterwerk sein, auch wenn es nur drei Kunden findet.
Je kaputter die Welt draußen, desto heiler muß sie zu Hause sein.
Wenn sich alles gut ergänzt, wird aus einem Lied ein U-Boot aus Text und Musik, das durch alle Kanäle und alle geschlossenen Schleusen im Körper direkt in die Seele dringt
In einer Familie, die nicht nur als Mumien besteht, gehören Konflikte dazu.
Kinder werden als Riesen geboren, doch mit jedem Tag, der dann erwacht, geht ein Stück von ihrer Kraft verloren, tun wir etwas, dass sie kleiner macht.
Ich weigere mich zu akzeptieren, dass wir ausschließlich ein Volk von Hinterwäldlern, Hinterseern und Randfichten sind.
Die Freiheit nutzt sich ab, wenn du sie nicht nutzt!
Image ist eine Sache, über die ich mir nie Gedanken gemacht habe. Ich war zu faul, mir ein Image auszusuchen. Denn ich wusste, dann muss ich mich vielen Zwängen unterwerfen, um diesem Image zu entsprechen.
Schreib' auf den Grabstein, den ich mir noch ausbeding': „Hier liegt einer, der nicht gerne, aber der zufrieden ging.
Viele junge Leute geben sich mit dem zufrieden, was ihnen präsentiert wird.
Es ist immer zu spät, ungläubig siehst du zu. Es ist immer zu spät, die Dinge sind schneller als du.
Dem Deutschen gerät das Lied gerne zum Marsch, den er unermüdlich mitklatscht.
Der Raureif legt sich vor mein Fenster, kandiert die letzten Blätter weiß. Der Wind von Norden jagt
Gespenster aus Nebelschwaden übers Eis, die in den Büschen hängen bleiben, an Zweigen, wie Kristall so klar. Ich hauche Blumen auf die Scheiben und denk': "Es war ein gutes Jahr!"
Das prägt und gibt Halt. Mit allem anderen kann man sich irgendwie arrangieren.
Guildo Horn hat immerhin ein paar zarte, für diese Region ungewöhnliche Pflänzchen zum Blühen gebracht: das Schmunzeln, das Kichern und das Augenzwinkern.
Der Kummer ist tiefer, der Trost scheint schwächer und es heilt nicht alles mehr...Wo ist meine Sorglosigkeit geblieben? Was machte Erkenntnis daraus? Manchmal wünscht' ich, es wär' nochmal viertel vor sieben und ich wünschte ich käme nach Haus. Nur einen Augenblick nochmal das Bündel ablegen. Mit arglosem Übermut, durch dunkle Wege der Zuflucht entgegen und glauben können, alles wird gut. Manchmal wünscht' ich, die Dinge wär'n so einfach geblieben und die Wege gingen nur gradeaus. Manchmal wünscht' ich, es wär' nochmal viertel vor sieben und ich wünschte ich käme nach Haus.
Wenn man länger leben will, dann hilft nur eins: älter werden.
Ein Schlager ist nur gut, wenn er sich gut verkauft. Ein Chanson kann ein Meisterwerk sein, auch wenn es nur drei Kunden findet.
Je kaputter die Welt draußen, desto heiler muß sie zu Hause sein.
Wenn sich alles gut ergänzt, wird aus einem Lied ein U-Boot aus Text und Musik, das durch alle Kanäle und alle geschlossenen Schleusen im Körper direkt in die Seele dringt
In einer Familie, die nicht nur als Mumien besteht, gehören Konflikte dazu.
Kinder werden als Riesen geboren, doch mit jedem Tag, der dann erwacht, geht ein Stück von ihrer Kraft verloren, tun wir etwas, dass sie kleiner macht.
Ich weigere mich zu akzeptieren, dass wir ausschließlich ein Volk von Hinterwäldlern, Hinterseern und Randfichten sind.
Die Freiheit nutzt sich ab, wenn du sie nicht nutzt!
Image ist eine Sache, über die ich mir nie Gedanken gemacht habe. Ich war zu faul, mir ein Image auszusuchen. Denn ich wusste, dann muss ich mich vielen Zwängen unterwerfen, um diesem Image zu entsprechen.
Schreib' auf den Grabstein, den ich mir noch ausbeding': „Hier liegt einer, der nicht gerne, aber der zufrieden ging.
Viele junge Leute geben sich mit dem zufrieden, was ihnen präsentiert wird.
Es ist immer zu spät, ungläubig siehst du zu. Es ist immer zu spät, die Dinge sind schneller als du.
Dem Deutschen gerät das Lied gerne zum Marsch, den er unermüdlich mitklatscht.
Der Raureif legt sich vor mein Fenster, kandiert die letzten Blätter weiß. Der Wind von Norden jagt
Gespenster aus Nebelschwaden übers Eis, die in den Büschen hängen bleiben, an Zweigen, wie Kristall so klar. Ich hauche Blumen auf die Scheiben und denk': "Es war ein gutes Jahr!"
Mittwoch, 20. Dezember 2017
Happy Birthday Nicole de Boer!
I don't know. I didn't watch it before I joined it.
Not a big one. I like some of his stuff...not the really scary stuff, more the psychological kind, and of course Stand By Me. His writing has ranges, you know?
When I came on, Hans Beimler one of the producers said to me, "This is really going to change your world. This is really going to crazy." And I already had big garbage bags of fan mail on my first day at work waiting for me. So it is crazy, but I really embrace it. I love it. I love the fans.
I loved the original Stephen King story and I thought Michael Hall was great for the part. My worry was would my character have anything to do? She didn't have a job. It became a running gag with me in the kitchen flipping pancakes. Is this all I do, flip pancakes? But she gets a job in second season.
I did feel good about it. You can always want to do more and I'm sure the writers did afterwards, that's just natural to feel that. But they sure crammed a whole lot of stuff in there for me for a year. I have fond memories of working on it, I loved working on it!
I mean seven years the guy is in a coma and everybody told me he wasn't going to wake up.
I love STAR TREK conventions, they're great. I like to go to places like Australia and places that I wouldn't necessarily get a chance to go, so that's always fun. For the fans it's a way of socializing and they really have a great time. The energy's always really nice, everybody's always really good to me.
I didn't go looking for it, it found me I guess. I started working in Toronto and there was a lot of American shows shooting there and a lot were sci-fi.
I liked the studios that they film at, Bridge in Vancouver. It's a great place to work. I just thought the cast and crew were fabulous. They were having a really good time, which is nice to see after so many years [of working together]. It can go either way. It can be a family atmosphere or it can be [that] people get grouchy.
I am more of a pixie, a spritely...I'm for the guys who don't even have the esteem to even think about Jeri in the privacy of their own home.
I got some episodes and watched them, but I didn't really want to be affected too much by what she did. Jadzia was going to be one of many people inside of me, so I just did the clasping-the-hands-behind-the-back like she did, which I think also Joran did as well. It kind of gave that little nod to her, but she was going to be one of, what, eight people inside me?
I do a little bit. I am in the family. I have the uniform. I am a lieutenant..I went from ensign to lieutenant in only three episodes.
I love STAR TREK conventions, they're great. I like to go to places like Australia and places that I wouldn't necessarily get a chance to go, so that's always fun. For the fans it's a way of socializing and they really have a great time. The energy's always really nice, everybody's always really good to me.
Not a big one. I like some of his stuff...not the really scary stuff, more the psychological kind, and of course Stand By Me. His writing has ranges, you know?
When I came on, Hans Beimler one of the producers said to me, "This is really going to change your world. This is really going to crazy." And I already had big garbage bags of fan mail on my first day at work waiting for me. So it is crazy, but I really embrace it. I love it. I love the fans.
I loved the original Stephen King story and I thought Michael Hall was great for the part. My worry was would my character have anything to do? She didn't have a job. It became a running gag with me in the kitchen flipping pancakes. Is this all I do, flip pancakes? But she gets a job in second season.
I did feel good about it. You can always want to do more and I'm sure the writers did afterwards, that's just natural to feel that. But they sure crammed a whole lot of stuff in there for me for a year. I have fond memories of working on it, I loved working on it!
I mean seven years the guy is in a coma and everybody told me he wasn't going to wake up.
I love STAR TREK conventions, they're great. I like to go to places like Australia and places that I wouldn't necessarily get a chance to go, so that's always fun. For the fans it's a way of socializing and they really have a great time. The energy's always really nice, everybody's always really good to me.
I didn't go looking for it, it found me I guess. I started working in Toronto and there was a lot of American shows shooting there and a lot were sci-fi.
I liked the studios that they film at, Bridge in Vancouver. It's a great place to work. I just thought the cast and crew were fabulous. They were having a really good time, which is nice to see after so many years [of working together]. It can go either way. It can be a family atmosphere or it can be [that] people get grouchy.
I am more of a pixie, a spritely...I'm for the guys who don't even have the esteem to even think about Jeri in the privacy of their own home.
I got some episodes and watched them, but I didn't really want to be affected too much by what she did. Jadzia was going to be one of many people inside of me, so I just did the clasping-the-hands-behind-the-back like she did, which I think also Joran did as well. It kind of gave that little nod to her, but she was going to be one of, what, eight people inside me?
I do a little bit. I am in the family. I have the uniform. I am a lieutenant..I went from ensign to lieutenant in only three episodes.
I love STAR TREK conventions, they're great. I like to go to places like Australia and places that I wouldn't necessarily get a chance to go, so that's always fun. For the fans it's a way of socializing and they really have a great time. The energy's always really nice, everybody's always really good to me.
Dienstag, 19. Dezember 2017
Happy Birthday Til Schweiger!
Ich bin nicht für fünf Pfennig Patriot.
Ich bin neulich im Fernsehen gefragt worden von 'ner Kollegin, die fragte mich, wenn Sie so einen Jargon anwenden, dann lenken Sie doch vom Thema ab, dann denk ich irgendwie nein, eben nicht. Ich mach drauf aufmerksam.
Ich koche bei uns zu Hause - ich kenne mehr Männer, die gut kochen, als Frauen.
Als Mann eine Frau zu verstehen, ist genauso unmöglich, wie als Frau einen Mann zu verstehen. Deswegen haben wir doch die ganzen Probleme.
Neid ist der überflüssigste Wesenszug, bringt dich überhaupt nicht weiter. Wenn du dich für andere freuen kannst, kriegt dein Leben viel mehr Qualität.
Wenn man auf Wählerstimmenfang geht am wirklich rechten Rand, ohne zu sagen, dass jeder, der da schreit ein Nazi ist, dann macht man das salonfähig und das ist Spielen mit dem Feuer.
Schauspieler nehmen sich viel zu wichtig. Wir sind aber nicht wichtiger als die Beleuchter.
Ich bin überzeugt, dass ich meinen Erfolg drei Dingen verdanke: Glück, Talent und Lockerheit.
Unterschätzt ist man immer einen Schritt voraus.
Leider sind die, die da so stänkern, ja die sind lauter. Und da muss man jetzt dagegengehen und da muss ein Aufstand kommen. Und das ist auch die Verantwortung von Journalisten.
Deswegen sag ich 'hey', let's stay together and let's not vote for the FDP!
Ach ey, Sie gehen mir auf den Sack – echt!
Schönheit kommt von innen. Hübsch ist relativ. Das Wichtigste ist ein gutes Herz.
Ich werde Sie beobachten, Herr Generalsekretär, ob Sie sich demnächst mal mit Vehemenz gegen diesen Mob stellen!
Ich fühle mich immer noch wie ein Junge. Ich glaube an die Theorie, dass jeder mit einem bestimmten Alter auf die Welt kommt und dieses Alter behält. Ich fühle mich wie Ende zwanzig.
Mein kleiner Ausraster eben tut mir leid. Dafür möchte ich mich entschuldigen.
Dieses Method Acting ist der größte Brim-Bam-Borium-Schwachsinn.
Hallo...? ZDF?!😳Schuss nicht gehört?! Klare Worte wären folgende: Wir werden niemals tolerieren, dass Menschen, die vor Krieg und Terror fliehen, in unserem Land bedroht und angegriffen werden! Wir werden jeden, der dies tut mit aller Härte des Rechtsstaates verfolgen!!!!
Zu Fasching durften wir nie Cowboys sein, sondern mussten als Indianer rumlaufen, was wir ziemlich scheiße fanden. Waffen waren total verpönt.
Ich würde auch mit der Pegida reden, ich würd's zumindest versuchen.
Manchmal lasse ich es schon ganz schön krachen. Aber das gehört dazu. Ab und zu muss ein Mann eben mal Dampf ablassen.
Du kannst doch nicht sagen, ich bin gegen den radikalen Islam und dann den Leuten, die vor denen weglaufen, sagen, wisst Ihr was, Ihr könnt da unten verrecken. Das ist ein Widerspruch in sich.
Deutsches Gutmenschentum kotzt mich an.
Ich habs probiert, aber selbst wenn man versucht sich nicht aufzuregen und statt dessen versucht gewisse Menschen zu erreichen... immer der gleiche Müll....also entweder ich poste jetzt nur noch Tiervideos oder ich halt die Klappe....hhmnnn.... oder doch nicht.
Glaubt an das, an was ihr glaubt. Das Geilste, was man machen kann in seinem Leben, ist an das zu glauben, was man möchte.
Ihr seid so arm....!!!! Anstatt uns bei einer extrem wichtigen Sache zu unterstützen, giesst ihr eure Häme aus...! Schämt euch!!! Twitter-Spott...! Was ist das!???! Irgendwelche Deppen, die lästern und nichts zu tun haben....! Ich guck auf euch runter, voller Mitleid und Verachtung.
Um internationale Anerkennung zu finden, muss man sterben oder zurücktreten.
Ihr seid so arm...!! Und dumm..!!!! Aber ich scheiss auf euch und zieh mein Ding durch!!!!
Drei Tote in den ersten Minuten, das ist eine Revolution. Ich als Zuschauer will so etwas sehen.
Bäm!!! Der Vizekanzler hat sich gemeldet! (…) in einem Punkt waren wir uns sofort einig: Dass die Mehrheit der Deutschen diesen Hass nicht teilt!!!! Danke, Herr Vizekanzler, fuer Ihren Anruf und eine Bitte an die Mehrheit: ERHEBT EURE STIMME NOCH LAUTER! ES IST AN DER ZEIT!❤
Wo ist der Politiker, der sagt, hier ist Schluss, bis hierhin und nicht weiter. Finito. Wo ist das Mitglied in unserer Regierung, das sich hinstellt und sagt: Nein, dafür werdet ihr bestraft!
Oh Mann- ich habs befuerchtet!! Ihr seid zum Kotzen! Wirklich! Verpisst Euch von meiner Seite, empathieloses Pack! Mir wird schlecht!!!👊
Ich stehe morgens auf, und der Tag ist mein Freund.
Ein Mann ohne Bauch ist doch wie ein Haus ohne Balkon.
Wenn man etwas Empathisches postet, das ist egal, ob das für ne Familie von einem gefallenen Soldaten ist, zu spenden, dann kriegst du genauso auf die Fresse von der anderen Seite.
Es ist davon auszugehen, daß Filmgötter auch nur Menschen sind.
Ich bin neulich im Fernsehen gefragt worden von 'ner Kollegin, die fragte mich, wenn Sie so einen Jargon anwenden, dann lenken Sie doch vom Thema ab, dann denk ich irgendwie nein, eben nicht. Ich mach drauf aufmerksam.
Ich koche bei uns zu Hause - ich kenne mehr Männer, die gut kochen, als Frauen.
Als Mann eine Frau zu verstehen, ist genauso unmöglich, wie als Frau einen Mann zu verstehen. Deswegen haben wir doch die ganzen Probleme.
Neid ist der überflüssigste Wesenszug, bringt dich überhaupt nicht weiter. Wenn du dich für andere freuen kannst, kriegt dein Leben viel mehr Qualität.
Wenn man auf Wählerstimmenfang geht am wirklich rechten Rand, ohne zu sagen, dass jeder, der da schreit ein Nazi ist, dann macht man das salonfähig und das ist Spielen mit dem Feuer.
Schauspieler nehmen sich viel zu wichtig. Wir sind aber nicht wichtiger als die Beleuchter.
Ich bin überzeugt, dass ich meinen Erfolg drei Dingen verdanke: Glück, Talent und Lockerheit.
Unterschätzt ist man immer einen Schritt voraus.
Leider sind die, die da so stänkern, ja die sind lauter. Und da muss man jetzt dagegengehen und da muss ein Aufstand kommen. Und das ist auch die Verantwortung von Journalisten.
Deswegen sag ich 'hey', let's stay together and let's not vote for the FDP!
Ach ey, Sie gehen mir auf den Sack – echt!
Schönheit kommt von innen. Hübsch ist relativ. Das Wichtigste ist ein gutes Herz.
Ich werde Sie beobachten, Herr Generalsekretär, ob Sie sich demnächst mal mit Vehemenz gegen diesen Mob stellen!
Ich fühle mich immer noch wie ein Junge. Ich glaube an die Theorie, dass jeder mit einem bestimmten Alter auf die Welt kommt und dieses Alter behält. Ich fühle mich wie Ende zwanzig.
Mein kleiner Ausraster eben tut mir leid. Dafür möchte ich mich entschuldigen.
Dieses Method Acting ist der größte Brim-Bam-Borium-Schwachsinn.
Hallo...? ZDF?!😳Schuss nicht gehört?! Klare Worte wären folgende: Wir werden niemals tolerieren, dass Menschen, die vor Krieg und Terror fliehen, in unserem Land bedroht und angegriffen werden! Wir werden jeden, der dies tut mit aller Härte des Rechtsstaates verfolgen!!!!
Zu Fasching durften wir nie Cowboys sein, sondern mussten als Indianer rumlaufen, was wir ziemlich scheiße fanden. Waffen waren total verpönt.
Ich würde auch mit der Pegida reden, ich würd's zumindest versuchen.
Manchmal lasse ich es schon ganz schön krachen. Aber das gehört dazu. Ab und zu muss ein Mann eben mal Dampf ablassen.
Du kannst doch nicht sagen, ich bin gegen den radikalen Islam und dann den Leuten, die vor denen weglaufen, sagen, wisst Ihr was, Ihr könnt da unten verrecken. Das ist ein Widerspruch in sich.
Deutsches Gutmenschentum kotzt mich an.
Ich habs probiert, aber selbst wenn man versucht sich nicht aufzuregen und statt dessen versucht gewisse Menschen zu erreichen... immer der gleiche Müll....also entweder ich poste jetzt nur noch Tiervideos oder ich halt die Klappe....hhmnnn.... oder doch nicht.
Glaubt an das, an was ihr glaubt. Das Geilste, was man machen kann in seinem Leben, ist an das zu glauben, was man möchte.
Ihr seid so arm....!!!! Anstatt uns bei einer extrem wichtigen Sache zu unterstützen, giesst ihr eure Häme aus...! Schämt euch!!! Twitter-Spott...! Was ist das!???! Irgendwelche Deppen, die lästern und nichts zu tun haben....! Ich guck auf euch runter, voller Mitleid und Verachtung.
Um internationale Anerkennung zu finden, muss man sterben oder zurücktreten.
Ihr seid so arm...!! Und dumm..!!!! Aber ich scheiss auf euch und zieh mein Ding durch!!!!
Drei Tote in den ersten Minuten, das ist eine Revolution. Ich als Zuschauer will so etwas sehen.
Bäm!!! Der Vizekanzler hat sich gemeldet! (…) in einem Punkt waren wir uns sofort einig: Dass die Mehrheit der Deutschen diesen Hass nicht teilt!!!! Danke, Herr Vizekanzler, fuer Ihren Anruf und eine Bitte an die Mehrheit: ERHEBT EURE STIMME NOCH LAUTER! ES IST AN DER ZEIT!❤
Wo ist der Politiker, der sagt, hier ist Schluss, bis hierhin und nicht weiter. Finito. Wo ist das Mitglied in unserer Regierung, das sich hinstellt und sagt: Nein, dafür werdet ihr bestraft!
Oh Mann- ich habs befuerchtet!! Ihr seid zum Kotzen! Wirklich! Verpisst Euch von meiner Seite, empathieloses Pack! Mir wird schlecht!!!👊
Ich stehe morgens auf, und der Tag ist mein Freund.
Ein Mann ohne Bauch ist doch wie ein Haus ohne Balkon.
Wenn man etwas Empathisches postet, das ist egal, ob das für ne Familie von einem gefallenen Soldaten ist, zu spenden, dann kriegst du genauso auf die Fresse von der anderen Seite.
Es ist davon auszugehen, daß Filmgötter auch nur Menschen sind.
Happy Birthday Alyssa Milano!
Actors are an insecure breed. It's hard to have your career depend upon other people's opinions of what you do.
I'm a big believer in, no matter what you go through in life, as long as you can laugh your way through it, you're going to be okay.
People on series are now given a lot more opportunities, sometimes more than film actors.
Animals, they are one of the most beautiful gifts we have and, you know, if there are people that have compassion, there are very few people that put their money into animal rescue organizations. And if there is someone that has that passion, animals need all the help they can get.
I think we're in the time when the metaphysical world is so interesting.
I think we're in a time when everyone's afraid to have sex. But I was raised being beautiful and healthy.
I took prenatal yoga three times a week, including the morning I went into labor. It helped me stay comfortable.
It's nice to be important, but it's important to always be nice.
The first few weeks of being a mom were profound, not just emotionally but also, physically. All the changes you instinctually go through are miraculous.
I used to sleep nude - until the earthquake.
Baseball is my escape. The sights, the sounds, the way the park smells. There is truly no place I would rather be than at a game.
I've always believed in experiencing everything in life. When you walk out with blinders on, you cut yourself off from the angels and the fairies.
Baseball represents family. It represents my childhood.
Every time I decide I want a child I get another pet. I have 3 dogs, 13 birds and 3 horses, what does that tell you?
The beautiful thing about baseball is that anything can happen. It's like life in that way. As soon as you think you have it all figured out, something happens that makes you realize - you know nothing. The only thing that's guaranteed is that it will be an exciting ride.
First, accept sadness. Realize that without losing, winning isn't so great.
Italian men age very well. That's what I've learned from Tony Danza.
I deal with postpartum feelings by reaching out to mom friends. I became very close with some of the women in my prenatal yoga class.
A big part of life is realizing what you're good at.
Aaron Spelling always had his finger on the pulse of pop culture, he knew what the public wanted to see. He was one of the most loyal men in this business and believed in me at a time in my career when no one else would.
If you have parents with a healthy relationship, you don't learn that you don't have to be married. I thought being a healthy adult meant you had to have a spouse. I didn't know any different.
I've dated the sweet mama's boy, the musician rocker, the struggling artist - basically a lot of people without jobs.
If you come from a solid family structure, it doesn't matter what you go through in your life. You're going to be okay.
Be present and in the moment.
I take vitamins. I workout every day.
I feel a lot healthier when I'm having sex. Physically. I feel all these jitters when I wake up in the morning. Just energy jitters. I take vitamins, I work out every day. When I'm having sex, I don't have that.
Funny thing happened yesterday. @AjitPaiFCC attacked me for using my voice to speak out against his plan to kill #NetNeutrality and the internet as we know it. THREAD
I'm 45 years old today. And my laugh lines are still deeper than my frown lines.
I'm a big believer in, no matter what you go through in life, as long as you can laugh your way through it, you're going to be okay.
People on series are now given a lot more opportunities, sometimes more than film actors.
Animals, they are one of the most beautiful gifts we have and, you know, if there are people that have compassion, there are very few people that put their money into animal rescue organizations. And if there is someone that has that passion, animals need all the help they can get.
I think we're in the time when the metaphysical world is so interesting.
I think we're in a time when everyone's afraid to have sex. But I was raised being beautiful and healthy.
I took prenatal yoga three times a week, including the morning I went into labor. It helped me stay comfortable.
It's nice to be important, but it's important to always be nice.
The first few weeks of being a mom were profound, not just emotionally but also, physically. All the changes you instinctually go through are miraculous.
I used to sleep nude - until the earthquake.
Baseball is my escape. The sights, the sounds, the way the park smells. There is truly no place I would rather be than at a game.
I've always believed in experiencing everything in life. When you walk out with blinders on, you cut yourself off from the angels and the fairies.
Baseball represents family. It represents my childhood.
Every time I decide I want a child I get another pet. I have 3 dogs, 13 birds and 3 horses, what does that tell you?
The beautiful thing about baseball is that anything can happen. It's like life in that way. As soon as you think you have it all figured out, something happens that makes you realize - you know nothing. The only thing that's guaranteed is that it will be an exciting ride.
First, accept sadness. Realize that without losing, winning isn't so great.
Italian men age very well. That's what I've learned from Tony Danza.
I deal with postpartum feelings by reaching out to mom friends. I became very close with some of the women in my prenatal yoga class.
A big part of life is realizing what you're good at.
Aaron Spelling always had his finger on the pulse of pop culture, he knew what the public wanted to see. He was one of the most loyal men in this business and believed in me at a time in my career when no one else would.
If you have parents with a healthy relationship, you don't learn that you don't have to be married. I thought being a healthy adult meant you had to have a spouse. I didn't know any different.
I've dated the sweet mama's boy, the musician rocker, the struggling artist - basically a lot of people without jobs.
If you come from a solid family structure, it doesn't matter what you go through in your life. You're going to be okay.
Be present and in the moment.
I take vitamins. I workout every day.
I feel a lot healthier when I'm having sex. Physically. I feel all these jitters when I wake up in the morning. Just energy jitters. I take vitamins, I work out every day. When I'm having sex, I don't have that.
Funny thing happened yesterday. @AjitPaiFCC attacked me for using my voice to speak out against his plan to kill #NetNeutrality and the internet as we know it. THREAD
I'm 45 years old today. And my laugh lines are still deeper than my frown lines.
Samstag, 16. Dezember 2017
Happy Birthday Sir Arthur C. Clarke!
I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.
How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.
We have to abandon the idea that schooling is something restricted to youth. How can it be, in a world where half the things a man knows at 20 are no longer true at 40 - and half the things he knows at 40 hadn't been discovered when he was 20?
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society.
It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.
Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading sex manuals without the software.
The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.
The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning of the 21st century and the Third Millennium.
I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical.
If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.
The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.
It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God - but to create him.
Perhaps, as some wit remarked, the best proof that there is Intelligent Life in Outer Space is the fact it hasn't come here. Well, it can't hide forever - one day we will overhear it.
The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.
This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.
It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars.
Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.
New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: 1- It's completely impossible. 2- It's possible, but it's not worth doing. 3- I said it was a good idea all along.
Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her.
There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.
I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power.
How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.
We have to abandon the idea that schooling is something restricted to youth. How can it be, in a world where half the things a man knows at 20 are no longer true at 40 - and half the things he knows at 40 hadn't been discovered when he was 20?
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society.
It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.
Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading sex manuals without the software.
The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.
The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning of the 21st century and the Third Millennium.
I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical.
If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.
The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.
It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God - but to create him.
Perhaps, as some wit remarked, the best proof that there is Intelligent Life in Outer Space is the fact it hasn't come here. Well, it can't hide forever - one day we will overhear it.
The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.
This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.
It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars.
Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.
New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: 1- It's completely impossible. 2- It's possible, but it's not worth doing. 3- I said it was a good idea all along.
Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her.
There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.
I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power.
Freitag, 15. Dezember 2017
Happy Birthday Garrett Wang!
Kim was probed, beaten, tortured and held the distinction of being the first Voyager crew member to die and come back to life. What more does a guy have to do to get promoted to Lieutenant for frak's sake? To add further insult to injury, other crew members such as Tuvok and Paris were being promoted, demoted and then re-promoted throughout the seven-year run of Voyager. I'm not trying to be negative here; just saying it like it is. During the fourth season, I called writer/producer Brannon Braga and asked him why my character hadn't received a promotion yet. His response? "Well, somebody's gotta be the ensign." Geez, thanks. Thanks for nothing.
So I walked up to him and said 'Mr. Shatner, I finally get to meet you.' Shatner's handshake it was limp wristed, he gave me this, like he was the Queen of England or something. So he gives me that, then in the middle of the handshake, he looks away, then he pulls his hand away and he wipes it off on his shirt, right in front of me. All I saw was red. You know what? God help me, I want to punch his fat belly right now. I was so mad. I want to tell you guys, I love Captain Kirk, but I fricken' cannot stand William Shatner. I'm gonna say that right now. That is no way to treat someone.
I was the first actor in Star Trek history to be denied the chance to direct. The irony of the situation was that, unlike my predecessors, who only wanted to direct for the sake of directing and acquiring their DGA cards, I was the only one who wanted to direct Trek and make it the best it could be, drawing upon my knowledge and experiences as a lifelong fan of science fiction. I truly believe that if I was given the chance, it would have been the best freshman effort by a Trek actor because of my passion for sci-fi. This missed opportunity has haunted me ever since.
If there is a Hell in this existence that we have that people can go to, he's first on the list.
Now that it's all said and done I would say that there are certain things that I would have kept exactly the same and certain things I would have changed.
One positive thing regarding maturation that happened from being on the show was the elimination of the racial chip on my shoulder. Eight years in Memphis, TN, being the target of daily racial epithets, made me overly sensitive to the stares and looks of strangers. In college, I had developed an almost militant attitude in that I would respond to prolonged looks by strangers with a defiant scowl or a combative, "What are you staring at?!" I strived to be the complete opposite of the quiet, non-confrontational Asian. Well, once 'Voyager' started, I quickly realized that the majority of the staring was by strangers who recognized me from the show and not active members of some white supremacist group.
So I walked up to him and said 'Mr. Shatner, I finally get to meet you.' Shatner's handshake it was limp wristed, he gave me this, like he was the Queen of England or something. So he gives me that, then in the middle of the handshake, he looks away, then he pulls his hand away and he wipes it off on his shirt, right in front of me. All I saw was red. You know what? God help me, I want to punch his fat belly right now. I was so mad. I want to tell you guys, I love Captain Kirk, but I fricken' cannot stand William Shatner. I'm gonna say that right now. That is no way to treat someone.
I was the first actor in Star Trek history to be denied the chance to direct. The irony of the situation was that, unlike my predecessors, who only wanted to direct for the sake of directing and acquiring their DGA cards, I was the only one who wanted to direct Trek and make it the best it could be, drawing upon my knowledge and experiences as a lifelong fan of science fiction. I truly believe that if I was given the chance, it would have been the best freshman effort by a Trek actor because of my passion for sci-fi. This missed opportunity has haunted me ever since.
If there is a Hell in this existence that we have that people can go to, he's first on the list.
Now that it's all said and done I would say that there are certain things that I would have kept exactly the same and certain things I would have changed.
One positive thing regarding maturation that happened from being on the show was the elimination of the racial chip on my shoulder. Eight years in Memphis, TN, being the target of daily racial epithets, made me overly sensitive to the stares and looks of strangers. In college, I had developed an almost militant attitude in that I would respond to prolonged looks by strangers with a defiant scowl or a combative, "What are you staring at?!" I strived to be the complete opposite of the quiet, non-confrontational Asian. Well, once 'Voyager' started, I quickly realized that the majority of the staring was by strangers who recognized me from the show and not active members of some white supremacist group.
Mittwoch, 13. Dezember 2017
Happy Birthday Dick van Dyke!
Life is like a box of chocolates, I'm a nerd and I read books.
We had all week to rehearse. An audience would come in at the end of the week and we'd our little show. Most of the ad- libbing happened during the week on the show.
The Horny Toad in Cave Creek has great food. When I'm in Arizona, I have at least one meal there. I have a daughter who lives out there, and Dee Dee Wood, who was the choreographer on 'Mary Poppins,' lives out there. I still get out there once in a while, but not in the summer.
You know, I'm almost out of the habit of watching episodic television now.
I was 5 years old when the stock market crashed; I lost everything.
When I was a kid, I had ambitions for being a television announcer, which was before television took off, you know, in the late '40s. And just through necessity, going out looking for work, I was starting to sing, and dance, and act, and I never expected to do that, nor to have any success at it at least.
never even had a bachelorhood: I went straight from my parents' home to a marriage.
I can't work with my brother without laughing.
In my seventies, I exercised to stay ambulatory. In my eighties, I exercise to avoid assisted living.
In general, things either work out or they don’t, and if they don’t, you figure out something else, a plan B. There’s nothing wrong with plan B.
I like 'The Office.' I particularly like the British version with Ricky Gervais. Of course, I liked the 'Seinfeld' show a lot. I thought that was an awfully good show.
Today, if you're not an alcoholic, you're nobody.
I did a 'Golden Girls' once, which shot in front of an audience, and that went well. I had a good time. But I need an audience, for comedy at least.
We all need something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for.
I was the class clown, you know, that kind of thing, and I gathered around me a group of guys who also were silly. I was in all the plays and everything. But I don't know, at that time show businesses looked like the moon, you know, it was so far away. I wanted to be a radio announcer.
I have four kids, seven grandkids, and four great-grandkids. Maybe I can become a great-great-grandfather if I hang on!
I learned everything that I know about comedy and about show business and a lot about life from Carl.
My brother and I laughed a lot as kids. We came up in the middle of the Depression, and
neither one of us knew we were poor. We had nothing, but we didn't know it.
The best writers were philosophers who wrapped their commentary about life in laughter.
Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.
As wonderful as they were, my parents didn't teach me anything about self-discipline, concentration, patience, or focus. If I hadn't had a family myself, I probably never would've done anything. Marriage taught me responsibility.
A lot of violence, a lot of gore in it, and I just didn't want to do that kind of thing.
When I started having kids, I thought, 'I don't want to do anything they can't watch.'
I wanted to be Stan Laurel, then I wanted to be Fred Astaire and then Captain Kangaroo. I actually started out as a radio announcer when I was 17 and never left the business, so that's literally 70 years.
I was a 'Laurel and Hardy' nut. I got to know Laurel at the end of his life, and it was a great thrill for me. He left me his bow tie and derby and told me that if they ever made a movie about him, he'd want me to play him.
Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, we'll likely not see another like him.
I asked Fred Astaire once when he was about my age if he still danced, and he said 'Yes, but it hurts now.' That's exactly it. I can still dance, too, but it hurts now!
Television's going, as far as I'm concerned, downhill, and I'm an anachronism.
I've had a lot of writers, in particular, who said they got into writing because of the 'Van Dyke Show.' They said it looked like fun.
But once we got on the air, everybody except Morey Amsterdam pretty much stuck to the script.
Somebody asked what I wanted on my gravestone. I'm just going to put: 'Glad I Could Help.'
Here's the truth. Your teens and twenties are your Plan A. At 50, you're assessing whether Plan B or Plan C or any of the other plans you hatched actually worked. Your sixties and seventies, they're an improvisation.
I played a killer twice. Once on 'Matlock,' on Andy Griffith's show, I got to play the killer.
I cannot tell you what it means when children recognize. This is about the third generation for me. And when kids that small recognize me, it really pleases me, very gratifying.
I think, the 'Van Dyke Show' and 'Mary Poppins' are two of the best periods of my life. I had so much fun, I didn't want it to end.
There are no sure answers, only better questions.
I don't have any children; I have four middle-aged people.
The American people hit the streets and did something that the government wouldn't do: the Civil Rights Act. It didn't go down well with the corporate world.
I don't think we've got much of a chance to tell you the truth. But our main problem is our audience skews a little older than most shows, and I don't think our people can stay up that late. I certainly can't.
Once you get the kids raised and the mortgage paid off and accomplish what you wanted to do in life, there's a great feeling of: 'Hey, I'm free as a bird.'
I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state.
I never had a lot of drive, but because I had family responsibilities, I had a lot of tenacity - the tenacity of a drowning man.
I have four children and I have seven grandkids.
I never wanted to be an actor, and to this day I don't. I can't get a handle on it. An actor wants to become someone else. I am a song-and-dance man, and I enjoy being myself, which is all I can do.
I loved to fall down.
I'm not a loner. I have to have a life partner.
I never made a good movie.
'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was the most fun I ever had and the most creative period of my life.
I think it's being thrown at the wolves, we call it in our business.
I found out retirement means playing golf, or I don't know what the hell it means. But to me, retirement means doing what you have fun doing.
I think most people will tell you that. They can go along and, while they're denying that they are addicted, say it's stress this, it's this, it's that. But I - it's - I think - I really believe there is a gene. Some people become addicted and others don't.
Just knowing you don't have the answers is a recipe for humility, openness, acceptance, forgiveness, and an eagerness to learn - and those are all good things.
I think the saddest moment in my life just happened two months ago. My old nightclub partner passed away, Phil Erickson down in Atlanta. He - I owe him everything. He put me in the business and taught me about everything I know.
My life has been a magnificent indulgence.
I turned down some movies that were quite good. mainly on the basis of taste.
I've always been a bit of an orphan, because actors say, 'Well, he's more of a dancer.' And dancers say, 'No. He's really a singer.' And singers say, 'No. He's an actor.'
I wanted to be a radio announcer.
I was lucky to get the kinds of parts I wanted. I always said I didn't want to do anything my kids can't see.
I was always in show business but in many ways was not really of show business. I didn't move in show business circles, particularly, still don't do it.
Don't worry so much. Most of the things you worry about never end up happening.
I've retired so many times now it's getting to be a habit.
I wrote a little autobiography about how luck has to do with everything. It's called 'My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business.' A publisher came to me and said, 'Write a book,' so I did. I wanted to call it 'Everybody Else Has Got a Book.'
My kids are so much better parent than I was.
'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' was a movie that I repeatedly turned down. The movie's producer, Albert 'Cubby' Broccoli, known for his tight-fisted control of the James Bond movie franchise, desperately wanted to re-team Julie Andrews and me after the success we'd enjoyed with 'Mary Poppins.'
My son Barry, of course, has been on from the beginning. And his son Shane is playing now a med student regularly on the show. And at one point or another, I've had all four of his kids on the show.
'Mary Poppins' was one of the best experiences of my life.
No, I did night clubs right here in Los Angeles. My partner, Phil Erickson, put me in the business, a guy from my home town, a dear friend who we just lost a couple of months ago.
When you're a kid, you lay in the grass and watch the clouds going over, and you literally don't have a thought in your mind. It's purely meditation, and we lose that.
No, no, it was the relationships. That was that group. People believed that Rob and Laura were really married in real life. You know, a lot of people believed that.
The secret to keeping moving is keeping moving.
Oh, I had an idea for a pilot of my own at the time, and then Carl sent me about eight scripts and simply I threw my idea out the window because the writing was just so good.
I've made peace with insecurity... because there is no security of any kind.
Oh, well, my first love is comedy or singing and dancing.
It wasn't work. I played myself.
I've been talking about retiring for years. It's my standard answer to the question, 'What are your future plans?' The truth is, I'll always want to do things that are worthwhile or fun.
Probably one of the happiest moments, outside the birth of all of my kids, was the first time we won an Emmy, that the show won an Emmy. That was a big night.
But I wish they would make a musical of some kind. I miss musicals so much. You don't see them anymore.
So as my kids will tell you, they had a pretty normal life.
In Bernie Sanders, I see a man saying that the emperor has no clothes while everyone around him insists they see clothes. Whether or not he makes it to the White House, I hope and pray that everyone hears the alarm he is sounding now; it may be the last voice we ever hear.
So at 16 I got a job at the local radio station. And I was working after school and weekends. I did the news; I did everything. I did - played records.
Be careful not to trip over the ottoman.
For some reason, as time gets short in life, wasting time escaping through entertainment bothers me.
So I think we're kind of an alternate choice for people who have had it with sex and violence.
As a younger man, though, I lacked confidence, the confidence that comes with experience. I worried and stressed way more than I should have. Now I see that worrying and stressing never helped accomplish anything. It was only when I let myself go and had fun that the magic happened—and continues to happen.
Somebody sent me a British magazine listing the 20 worst dialects ever done in movies. I was No. 2, with the worst Cockney accent ever done. No. 1 was Sean Connery, because he uses his Scottish brogue no matter what he's playing.
Stan said he used to keep Hardy late, make him miss his golf game, and really get him mad.
We had all week to rehearse. An audience would come in at the end of the week and we'd our little show. Most of the ad- libbing happened during the week on the show.
The Horny Toad in Cave Creek has great food. When I'm in Arizona, I have at least one meal there. I have a daughter who lives out there, and Dee Dee Wood, who was the choreographer on 'Mary Poppins,' lives out there. I still get out there once in a while, but not in the summer.
You know, I'm almost out of the habit of watching episodic television now.
I was 5 years old when the stock market crashed; I lost everything.
When I was a kid, I had ambitions for being a television announcer, which was before television took off, you know, in the late '40s. And just through necessity, going out looking for work, I was starting to sing, and dance, and act, and I never expected to do that, nor to have any success at it at least.
never even had a bachelorhood: I went straight from my parents' home to a marriage.
I can't work with my brother without laughing.
In my seventies, I exercised to stay ambulatory. In my eighties, I exercise to avoid assisted living.
In general, things either work out or they don’t, and if they don’t, you figure out something else, a plan B. There’s nothing wrong with plan B.
I like 'The Office.' I particularly like the British version with Ricky Gervais. Of course, I liked the 'Seinfeld' show a lot. I thought that was an awfully good show.
Today, if you're not an alcoholic, you're nobody.
I did a 'Golden Girls' once, which shot in front of an audience, and that went well. I had a good time. But I need an audience, for comedy at least.
We all need something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for.
I was the class clown, you know, that kind of thing, and I gathered around me a group of guys who also were silly. I was in all the plays and everything. But I don't know, at that time show businesses looked like the moon, you know, it was so far away. I wanted to be a radio announcer.
I have four kids, seven grandkids, and four great-grandkids. Maybe I can become a great-great-grandfather if I hang on!
I learned everything that I know about comedy and about show business and a lot about life from Carl.
My brother and I laughed a lot as kids. We came up in the middle of the Depression, and
neither one of us knew we were poor. We had nothing, but we didn't know it.
The best writers were philosophers who wrapped their commentary about life in laughter.
Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.
As wonderful as they were, my parents didn't teach me anything about self-discipline, concentration, patience, or focus. If I hadn't had a family myself, I probably never would've done anything. Marriage taught me responsibility.
A lot of violence, a lot of gore in it, and I just didn't want to do that kind of thing.
When I started having kids, I thought, 'I don't want to do anything they can't watch.'
I wanted to be Stan Laurel, then I wanted to be Fred Astaire and then Captain Kangaroo. I actually started out as a radio announcer when I was 17 and never left the business, so that's literally 70 years.
I was a 'Laurel and Hardy' nut. I got to know Laurel at the end of his life, and it was a great thrill for me. He left me his bow tie and derby and told me that if they ever made a movie about him, he'd want me to play him.
Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, we'll likely not see another like him.
I asked Fred Astaire once when he was about my age if he still danced, and he said 'Yes, but it hurts now.' That's exactly it. I can still dance, too, but it hurts now!
Television's going, as far as I'm concerned, downhill, and I'm an anachronism.
I've had a lot of writers, in particular, who said they got into writing because of the 'Van Dyke Show.' They said it looked like fun.
But once we got on the air, everybody except Morey Amsterdam pretty much stuck to the script.
Somebody asked what I wanted on my gravestone. I'm just going to put: 'Glad I Could Help.'
Here's the truth. Your teens and twenties are your Plan A. At 50, you're assessing whether Plan B or Plan C or any of the other plans you hatched actually worked. Your sixties and seventies, they're an improvisation.
I played a killer twice. Once on 'Matlock,' on Andy Griffith's show, I got to play the killer.
I cannot tell you what it means when children recognize. This is about the third generation for me. And when kids that small recognize me, it really pleases me, very gratifying.
I think, the 'Van Dyke Show' and 'Mary Poppins' are two of the best periods of my life. I had so much fun, I didn't want it to end.
There are no sure answers, only better questions.
I don't have any children; I have four middle-aged people.
The American people hit the streets and did something that the government wouldn't do: the Civil Rights Act. It didn't go down well with the corporate world.
I don't think we've got much of a chance to tell you the truth. But our main problem is our audience skews a little older than most shows, and I don't think our people can stay up that late. I certainly can't.
Once you get the kids raised and the mortgage paid off and accomplish what you wanted to do in life, there's a great feeling of: 'Hey, I'm free as a bird.'
I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state.
I never had a lot of drive, but because I had family responsibilities, I had a lot of tenacity - the tenacity of a drowning man.
I have four children and I have seven grandkids.
I never wanted to be an actor, and to this day I don't. I can't get a handle on it. An actor wants to become someone else. I am a song-and-dance man, and I enjoy being myself, which is all I can do.
I loved to fall down.
I'm not a loner. I have to have a life partner.
I never made a good movie.
'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was the most fun I ever had and the most creative period of my life.
I think it's being thrown at the wolves, we call it in our business.
I found out retirement means playing golf, or I don't know what the hell it means. But to me, retirement means doing what you have fun doing.
I think most people will tell you that. They can go along and, while they're denying that they are addicted, say it's stress this, it's this, it's that. But I - it's - I think - I really believe there is a gene. Some people become addicted and others don't.
Just knowing you don't have the answers is a recipe for humility, openness, acceptance, forgiveness, and an eagerness to learn - and those are all good things.
I think the saddest moment in my life just happened two months ago. My old nightclub partner passed away, Phil Erickson down in Atlanta. He - I owe him everything. He put me in the business and taught me about everything I know.
My life has been a magnificent indulgence.
I turned down some movies that were quite good. mainly on the basis of taste.
I've always been a bit of an orphan, because actors say, 'Well, he's more of a dancer.' And dancers say, 'No. He's really a singer.' And singers say, 'No. He's an actor.'
I wanted to be a radio announcer.
I was lucky to get the kinds of parts I wanted. I always said I didn't want to do anything my kids can't see.
I was always in show business but in many ways was not really of show business. I didn't move in show business circles, particularly, still don't do it.
Don't worry so much. Most of the things you worry about never end up happening.
I've retired so many times now it's getting to be a habit.
I wrote a little autobiography about how luck has to do with everything. It's called 'My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business.' A publisher came to me and said, 'Write a book,' so I did. I wanted to call it 'Everybody Else Has Got a Book.'
My kids are so much better parent than I was.
'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' was a movie that I repeatedly turned down. The movie's producer, Albert 'Cubby' Broccoli, known for his tight-fisted control of the James Bond movie franchise, desperately wanted to re-team Julie Andrews and me after the success we'd enjoyed with 'Mary Poppins.'
My son Barry, of course, has been on from the beginning. And his son Shane is playing now a med student regularly on the show. And at one point or another, I've had all four of his kids on the show.
'Mary Poppins' was one of the best experiences of my life.
No, I did night clubs right here in Los Angeles. My partner, Phil Erickson, put me in the business, a guy from my home town, a dear friend who we just lost a couple of months ago.
When you're a kid, you lay in the grass and watch the clouds going over, and you literally don't have a thought in your mind. It's purely meditation, and we lose that.
No, no, it was the relationships. That was that group. People believed that Rob and Laura were really married in real life. You know, a lot of people believed that.
The secret to keeping moving is keeping moving.
Oh, I had an idea for a pilot of my own at the time, and then Carl sent me about eight scripts and simply I threw my idea out the window because the writing was just so good.
I've made peace with insecurity... because there is no security of any kind.
Oh, well, my first love is comedy or singing and dancing.
It wasn't work. I played myself.
I've been talking about retiring for years. It's my standard answer to the question, 'What are your future plans?' The truth is, I'll always want to do things that are worthwhile or fun.
Probably one of the happiest moments, outside the birth of all of my kids, was the first time we won an Emmy, that the show won an Emmy. That was a big night.
But I wish they would make a musical of some kind. I miss musicals so much. You don't see them anymore.
So as my kids will tell you, they had a pretty normal life.
In Bernie Sanders, I see a man saying that the emperor has no clothes while everyone around him insists they see clothes. Whether or not he makes it to the White House, I hope and pray that everyone hears the alarm he is sounding now; it may be the last voice we ever hear.
So at 16 I got a job at the local radio station. And I was working after school and weekends. I did the news; I did everything. I did - played records.
Be careful not to trip over the ottoman.
For some reason, as time gets short in life, wasting time escaping through entertainment bothers me.
So I think we're kind of an alternate choice for people who have had it with sex and violence.
As a younger man, though, I lacked confidence, the confidence that comes with experience. I worried and stressed way more than I should have. Now I see that worrying and stressing never helped accomplish anything. It was only when I let myself go and had fun that the magic happened—and continues to happen.
Somebody sent me a British magazine listing the 20 worst dialects ever done in movies. I was No. 2, with the worst Cockney accent ever done. No. 1 was Sean Connery, because he uses his Scottish brogue no matter what he's playing.
Stan said he used to keep Hardy late, make him miss his golf game, and really get him mad.
Happy Birthday Christopher Plummer!
I'm thrilled to be around still, and I don't want to blow my horn, but I've done so many more parts than Barrymore ever got a chance to do. That Barrymore wasn't able - or willing to show his true range is one of the great missed opportunities of the theatrical stage. A terrible waste.
I'm bored with questions about acting.
I don't know why I turned it down. I think it had to do with spending four years in New Zealand. There's other countries I want to visit before I croak. But Ian McKellen got the role and he was fantastic in it. He played the role really warm and kind and I hate the son-of-a-bitch!
The first time my father saw me in the flesh was on the stage, which is a bit weird. We went out to dinner, and he was charming and sweet, but I did all the talking.
Hamlet can sound self-pitying. He's always whining, something being rotten in Denmark and the world so awful. To get over that, Michael suggested that because Hamlet himself had a large intellect, that he turned those complaining moments into a kind of wonderment and would analyze everything as a fresh discovery. It was a superb way of getting rid of the danger of self-pity, and an astounding piece of direction because it was valuable throughout the play.
The part of Mike Wallace drew me to the movie because I thought, what an outrageous part to play.
When I did "Henry V", he changed my life. Really owe my career to Michael.
In Stratford you either turn into an alcoholic or you better write.
Yeah, it drives me nuts. It has nothing to do with the movie, it's just a relentless pursuing of this film that goes on and on and I've gone on and on, far above and beyond it and then to be reminded of it, God almighty what is the matter with people?
I'm too old-fashioned to use a computer. I'm too old-fashioned to use a quill.
Too many people in the world are unhappy with their lot. And then they retire and they become vegetables. I think retirement in any profession is death, so I'm determined to keep crackin'.
Most of my life I have played a lot of famous people but most of them were dead so you have a poetic license.
People were unnaturally sentimental about the film. So I always gave it a tough time. But a few years ago, I went to an Easter party and had to watch the damn thing with these kids. I was a prisoner! And then I thought, it's got everything - the lovely songs, the Nazis and the nuns and the kids. It's timeless and I'm grateful for it.
I couldn't believe when I first got a fan letter from Al Pacino, it was unreal.
I just can't tell you what fun I've had being a member of the world's second oldest profession. When they honor you, it's like being lit by the holy grail.
Here is Mike Wallace, who is visible to the public, and I have been watching him since the early '50s. Smoking up a storm and insulting his guests and being absolutely wonderfully evil and charming too.
Very few people have it naturally - Chaplin, Brando. It's a gift. But you can learn how to fake it.
Working with Julie Andrews is like getting hit over the head with a valentine.
Ewan McGregor doesn't act, he inhabits a role. And, of course, he makes you not act and inhabit the role, like it's a competition. I owe that to him.
It is a culture voice, but it is a very American culture voice, and I am very used to English culture voice. So I had to work like hell to flatten those R's.
As T.S. Eliot measures his life with coffee spoons, so I measure mine by the plays I've been in. I'm too vague to measure any other way. The theatre is not for sissies. It separates the men from the boys.
I would happily share this award with Ewan McGregor if I had any decency but I don't.
I would rather not know about how one gets parts in movies these days.
You're only two years older than me, darling. Where have you been all my life?
[on cell-phones ringing during a live performance] The only thing to do is to say something like "I'll get it." The audience gives you applause because they hate it too.
Unless you can surround yourself with as many beautiful things as you can afford, I don`t think life has very much meaning.
I think many of today's politicians take a typical CEO mentality when it comes to the arts. It's anathema to them. It's the last thing they think of when it comes to funding; it's way down at the bottom of the list. That is unconscionable. It's so stupid and narrow-minded. They don't realize. It's all about political manoeuvring.
I want to paint Montreal as a rather fantastic city, which it was, because nobody knows today what it was like. And I'm one of the last survivors, or rapidly becoming one.
Television is certainly more skilfully handled now than it was then. There are certain things, like Sherlock, which is enchanting and perfectly right for a younger audience. And the truly wonderful thing about it is that it is not disloyal to the original. There's a Conan Doyle feeling about it - something that Doyle would have written for this age. Benedict Cumberbatch is a superb actor. I love his beats. Those are rare things that happen marvelously in this medium.
Watching the Sound of Music is like being beaten to death with a Hallmark card.
He had a lot to do with making it dangerous. He understood media. He understood how you could break down a person in front of a camera. It's a cruel medium. You have to deal with it skillfully. He was not a horrid man. I met him. He was very likable and very bright. But he knew it was a cruel medium and that it was an instant medium. It's now; it's in the moment. You can't rehearse it; you can't be glib. That's really what television is about. It's about what's happening in the streets, all the awful wars, all the awful things that are happening.
They realized I was alive again, even though I was playing an old, dying sop.
The writing was superior. But then we had all the best writers, Horton Foote and others, writing for this brash new medium. It was as exciting as hell. It was an adventure. Television has become a little glossy. A little too comfortable.
The devil is more interesting than God.
I was much a part of live television in the '50s. There was something terribly honest about live television and terribly dangerous and terribly risky. You were bound to learn your lines without bumping into each other, which we did a lot of.
I'm bored with questions about acting.
I don't know why I turned it down. I think it had to do with spending four years in New Zealand. There's other countries I want to visit before I croak. But Ian McKellen got the role and he was fantastic in it. He played the role really warm and kind and I hate the son-of-a-bitch!
The first time my father saw me in the flesh was on the stage, which is a bit weird. We went out to dinner, and he was charming and sweet, but I did all the talking.
Hamlet can sound self-pitying. He's always whining, something being rotten in Denmark and the world so awful. To get over that, Michael suggested that because Hamlet himself had a large intellect, that he turned those complaining moments into a kind of wonderment and would analyze everything as a fresh discovery. It was a superb way of getting rid of the danger of self-pity, and an astounding piece of direction because it was valuable throughout the play.
The part of Mike Wallace drew me to the movie because I thought, what an outrageous part to play.
When I did "Henry V", he changed my life. Really owe my career to Michael.
In Stratford you either turn into an alcoholic or you better write.
Yeah, it drives me nuts. It has nothing to do with the movie, it's just a relentless pursuing of this film that goes on and on and I've gone on and on, far above and beyond it and then to be reminded of it, God almighty what is the matter with people?
I'm too old-fashioned to use a computer. I'm too old-fashioned to use a quill.
Too many people in the world are unhappy with their lot. And then they retire and they become vegetables. I think retirement in any profession is death, so I'm determined to keep crackin'.
Most of my life I have played a lot of famous people but most of them were dead so you have a poetic license.
People were unnaturally sentimental about the film. So I always gave it a tough time. But a few years ago, I went to an Easter party and had to watch the damn thing with these kids. I was a prisoner! And then I thought, it's got everything - the lovely songs, the Nazis and the nuns and the kids. It's timeless and I'm grateful for it.
I couldn't believe when I first got a fan letter from Al Pacino, it was unreal.
I just can't tell you what fun I've had being a member of the world's second oldest profession. When they honor you, it's like being lit by the holy grail.
Here is Mike Wallace, who is visible to the public, and I have been watching him since the early '50s. Smoking up a storm and insulting his guests and being absolutely wonderfully evil and charming too.
Very few people have it naturally - Chaplin, Brando. It's a gift. But you can learn how to fake it.
Working with Julie Andrews is like getting hit over the head with a valentine.
Ewan McGregor doesn't act, he inhabits a role. And, of course, he makes you not act and inhabit the role, like it's a competition. I owe that to him.
It is a culture voice, but it is a very American culture voice, and I am very used to English culture voice. So I had to work like hell to flatten those R's.
As T.S. Eliot measures his life with coffee spoons, so I measure mine by the plays I've been in. I'm too vague to measure any other way. The theatre is not for sissies. It separates the men from the boys.
I would happily share this award with Ewan McGregor if I had any decency but I don't.
I would rather not know about how one gets parts in movies these days.
You're only two years older than me, darling. Where have you been all my life?
[on cell-phones ringing during a live performance] The only thing to do is to say something like "I'll get it." The audience gives you applause because they hate it too.
Unless you can surround yourself with as many beautiful things as you can afford, I don`t think life has very much meaning.
I think many of today's politicians take a typical CEO mentality when it comes to the arts. It's anathema to them. It's the last thing they think of when it comes to funding; it's way down at the bottom of the list. That is unconscionable. It's so stupid and narrow-minded. They don't realize. It's all about political manoeuvring.
I want to paint Montreal as a rather fantastic city, which it was, because nobody knows today what it was like. And I'm one of the last survivors, or rapidly becoming one.
Television is certainly more skilfully handled now than it was then. There are certain things, like Sherlock, which is enchanting and perfectly right for a younger audience. And the truly wonderful thing about it is that it is not disloyal to the original. There's a Conan Doyle feeling about it - something that Doyle would have written for this age. Benedict Cumberbatch is a superb actor. I love his beats. Those are rare things that happen marvelously in this medium.
Watching the Sound of Music is like being beaten to death with a Hallmark card.
He had a lot to do with making it dangerous. He understood media. He understood how you could break down a person in front of a camera. It's a cruel medium. You have to deal with it skillfully. He was not a horrid man. I met him. He was very likable and very bright. But he knew it was a cruel medium and that it was an instant medium. It's now; it's in the moment. You can't rehearse it; you can't be glib. That's really what television is about. It's about what's happening in the streets, all the awful wars, all the awful things that are happening.
They realized I was alive again, even though I was playing an old, dying sop.
The writing was superior. But then we had all the best writers, Horton Foote and others, writing for this brash new medium. It was as exciting as hell. It was an adventure. Television has become a little glossy. A little too comfortable.
The devil is more interesting than God.
I was much a part of live television in the '50s. There was something terribly honest about live television and terribly dangerous and terribly risky. You were bound to learn your lines without bumping into each other, which we did a lot of.
Samstag, 9. Dezember 2017
Happy Birthday Michael Dorn!
I miss working with my friends and the fun we had. Working on the series was the best time I ever had on a set. I am disappointed that they cancelled the series when they did, because I felt that by the seventh season, we were really hitting our stride, and that episodes were getting better and better. Some people say that the show had run its course and that it was time to quit, but I disagree.
The truth is no excuse for a boring story.
When fans ask me for advice, here's what I tell them: "If you're a director, always wear comfortable shoes to work."
I love good comedy. I don't like bad comedy. Of course, nobody loves bad comedy, but there's a lot of bad comedy out there.
I was diagnosed with an early, early stage of prostate cancer. I was almost a vegetarian then. I was heading that direction. What pushed me over the edge, was the doctor who did the diagnosis. He said in a discussion about prostate cancer that he had never seen a vegetarian with prostate cancer. And this is not a holistic doctor, this is a regular, mainstream doctor. And I was just blown away.
I'd love to star in a television series of my own. I love the idea of living with a character for a number of years, watching him grow.
Was seriously just a name. They didn't tell you what to do. They didn't tell you how they wanted the character to be nothing. You went in to audition for this character name and that was it. When I started, before I came onto the set, I went to Gene Roddenberry and said: hey, what do you want from this guy? Who is he? And being as smart as he is, he said: don't listen to what you've heard or read or seen in the past, nothing. Just make the character your own. And that's what I did.
I have not been recognized.
After doing STAR TREK for so many years, to do just regular makeup is such a treat. Just put some makeup on and "thank you very much," you're on your way.
When you're on a series, it's tough to go on and do something else afterward. If you're smart, save your money and you can wait out the bad times, until something else comes along.
Ron Moore. He was the guy that on our show and Deep Space Nine wrote the best Klingon episodes. He wrote great episodes in general but he wrote the best Klingon episodes. I always could tell when he was going to write a Klingon episode because he was able to grow a beard really quick and I'd see him with the beard, like a Worf beard, and I go "Ah, Klingon episode coming up!" and he goes "Oh yeah."
I like plays, movies, everything. It doesn't matter.
When I was growing up, I had a G.I. Joe doll, and now, to see a recreation of my character as an action figure ... it's strange. Because Worf doesn't really look like Michael Dorn without makeup, it's easier to separate myself from these recreations, but it's still strange, flattering, and weird all at the same time.
But now they have it down to a real science where it's about an hour.
I've spent so much time in that makeup that I'm now unrecognizable. The business doesn't know who I am.
Mother nature is a law unto herself and prone to moods beyond the ken of man.
Even people that were never interested in science fiction are interested in STAR TREK.
The truth is no excuse for a boring story.
When fans ask me for advice, here's what I tell them: "If you're a director, always wear comfortable shoes to work."
I love good comedy. I don't like bad comedy. Of course, nobody loves bad comedy, but there's a lot of bad comedy out there.
I was diagnosed with an early, early stage of prostate cancer. I was almost a vegetarian then. I was heading that direction. What pushed me over the edge, was the doctor who did the diagnosis. He said in a discussion about prostate cancer that he had never seen a vegetarian with prostate cancer. And this is not a holistic doctor, this is a regular, mainstream doctor. And I was just blown away.
I'd love to star in a television series of my own. I love the idea of living with a character for a number of years, watching him grow.
Was seriously just a name. They didn't tell you what to do. They didn't tell you how they wanted the character to be nothing. You went in to audition for this character name and that was it. When I started, before I came onto the set, I went to Gene Roddenberry and said: hey, what do you want from this guy? Who is he? And being as smart as he is, he said: don't listen to what you've heard or read or seen in the past, nothing. Just make the character your own. And that's what I did.
I have not been recognized.
After doing STAR TREK for so many years, to do just regular makeup is such a treat. Just put some makeup on and "thank you very much," you're on your way.
When you're on a series, it's tough to go on and do something else afterward. If you're smart, save your money and you can wait out the bad times, until something else comes along.
Ron Moore. He was the guy that on our show and Deep Space Nine wrote the best Klingon episodes. He wrote great episodes in general but he wrote the best Klingon episodes. I always could tell when he was going to write a Klingon episode because he was able to grow a beard really quick and I'd see him with the beard, like a Worf beard, and I go "Ah, Klingon episode coming up!" and he goes "Oh yeah."
I like plays, movies, everything. It doesn't matter.
When I was growing up, I had a G.I. Joe doll, and now, to see a recreation of my character as an action figure ... it's strange. Because Worf doesn't really look like Michael Dorn without makeup, it's easier to separate myself from these recreations, but it's still strange, flattering, and weird all at the same time.
But now they have it down to a real science where it's about an hour.
I've spent so much time in that makeup that I'm now unrecognizable. The business doesn't know who I am.
Mother nature is a law unto herself and prone to moods beyond the ken of man.
Even people that were never interested in science fiction are interested in STAR TREK.
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