I'm not so widely known that I'm going to be pigeonholed.
I have no specific ideas in mind of what I will or won't do; it's all about the roles.
I've loved the escapism of being another person, slipping into another character for a little while.
We haven't done such a great job, so I don't know why God couldn't have started over somewhere else. I don't necessarily believe in aliens coming to the States, and I don't buy into the government cover-up.
It doesn't bother me that Seven has such an overtly sexual presence, because she has no concept of what effect that physical package would have on some male member of the crew. That's what's fun, her innocence.
I loved working with Eric Close and J T Walsh.
It might be arrogant to think that we're the only living creations in all of the solar systems that there are. Space is so vast.
There is a very large chunk of our population who firmly believe in extraterrestrials.
It was really a pleasure to play someone who's literally pushed past her breaking point repeatedly.
I started by looking everything up in a Star Trek dictionary so I knew what I was talking about, but you can't do that because they talk in circles, and half of it doesn't make sense, so you'll just end up driving yourself more insane.
It's supposed to be entertainment. It's not supposed to be a documentary.
I get to pretend I'm flying into space, and hang out with my friends. That's what I do for a living.
My background has been very helpful for this experience. But everyone was so accommodating because they knew it's not the most comfortable position to be the new kid.
I was always a fan of horror films as a kid.
My husband is someone who's in the real world. It's a big help that I don't have both feet in Hollywood.
I think the more stressful our times get, the more we look for fantasy escapes.
My husband travels a lot with his job, so we have a lot of frequent flyer miles so we can hop on a plane with no notice. That's a nice luxury and he is very supportive.
I was raised all over. Kansas, Hawaii, Georgia, Texas and Kentucky, by the time I was 11.
That's what makes a character interesting from an actor's perspective - the more screwed up, the better.
I had never seen much of Star Trek, or any other science fiction, before I was cast. But Seven's wonderful.
The costume that I wear on the show is a little snug and doesn't leave a whole lot to the imagination. I don't have a problem with it because of the way this character's been written.
I would defy people to find a more beautifully developed character than Seven of Nine.
The entire season, the show had never been aired for more than three weeks. You can't get an audience that way. They would never promo the show for the next week.
I've always wanted to do this, so it really is a dream come true.
The whole sex symbol or babe thing doesn't bother me.
I'm not real impressed with the Star Trek weaponry, I gotta be honest.
They said that Seven was a former Borg who had been human and had been assimilated. She was regaining her humanity. I had no interest in this character.
I have a lot of fun with guns, especially the M-16, but my favourite is my little .22. It fits nicely in the palm of your hand. I do limit myself to blanks.
This was truly guerilla filmmaking. We shot out in the middle of nowhere in a place called Delta Flats, where basically every day was some new minor catastrophe.
I'm not seeking out genre films, but this just came my way, and Miramax was good enough to add a role for me because we wanted the chance to work together.
Hollywood is predominantly gay, so every man that came into the grocery store was shopping for his boyfriend.
Donnerstag, 22. Februar 2018
Samstag, 17. Februar 2018
Happy Birthday Herbert Köfer!
Nudeln mit Schinken, mit Gulasch, mit Chili, mit Knoblauch usw. usw. usw.
Ich habe in meinem Bereich, also in der leichten Unterhaltung, mit der Partei am allerwenigsten zu tun gehabt! Viele Fernsehspiele sind ja auch von Westkritikern hoch gelobt worden – da war nicht alles dogmatisch.
Ich glaube, dass in jedem Menschen ein guter Kern steckt.
In Ehre und Anstand alt zu werden, halte ich für besser, als mit 1000 Operationen nicht mehr seine eigene Persönlichkeit zu behalten.
Vor ein paar Jahren 3 Wochen in Kenia und zwischendurch immer wieder Ostsee. Mein Lieblingsland ist allerdings Kroatien.
Ich war Mädchen für alles, habe eine Art Flohzirkus betrieben, denn die Kamera musste Futter bekommen. Zusammen mit Gerhard Wollmer aus dem Westen Berlins habe ich viele Unterhaltungssendungen erfunden.
Um diese Frage zu beantworten, reicht kein 5 Minuten-Fragebogen. Alles andere wäre in der heutigen Zeit oberflächlich.
Ich esse und trinke, was mir schmeckt.
Wenn ich die Macht dazu hätte, würde ich… dafür sorgen, dass keine Theater mehr geschlossen werden.
Ich habe darauf bestanden, mich älter schminken zu lassen.
Ich fahre immer das Auto gern, das ich im Augenblick habe.
Wir haben die Aufgabe, Menschen nicht nur zu unterhalten, sondern sie auch zum Denken anzuregen.
Ich habe etwas, vor dem ich mich immer gefürchtet hatte. Der Krebs ist weg, aber in Gedanken noch da. Für mich hat jetzt ein Lebensabschnitt begonnen, den ich völlig anders angehe. Ich fange ganz neu an. Mit einem neuen Haus, einer neuen Umgebung. Und ich nehme meine berufliche Vergangenheit kritisch unter die Lupe, um für die Zukunft daraus zu lernen. Denn ich habe vieles falsch gemacht. Hört sich vielleicht dumm an, mit 92 Jahren. Aber das muss sein.
Ich habe den Krieg als Soldat bis zum allerletzten Tag mitgemacht, habe Schreckliches erlebt, habe dann wie Millionen andere den Schutt weggeräumt und ein neues Land mit aufgebaut, das ein Ergebnis des Kriegs und der Besatzungsmächte war. Die Leistungen in diesem Land kann man doch nicht in Bausch und Bogen abwerten.
Keiner versteht, warum ich jetzt alles aufrolle und auseinanderpflücke. Natürlich gibt es viele positive Erinnerungen. Erfolge, von denen ich nicht weiß, ob ich sie heute wieder so erreichen würde. Ich bereue nicht, das DDR-Fernsehen mit aufgebaut zu haben – mit allen Fehlern. Ich habe mich immer mit meiner schmalen Brust vor die Unterhaltungskunst gestellt, wenn auch nicht alles toll war. Sie brachte mir eine große Popularität. Doch das ist kein Privileg. Ich kann nicht zufrieden sein, weil ich die Ernsthaftigkeit des Berufes hintangestellt habe. Als ich 1950 ans Deutsche Theater kam, begriff ich die Chance nicht, die mir Regisseur Wolfgang Langhoff gab. Er sagte mir damals: „Die Entwicklung zu einem guten Schauspieler braucht ihre Zeit.“ Ich habe die Mühen gescheut und die Flucht ergriffen, als 1952 das Fernsehen mich wollte.
Ich habe vor jedem Auftritt nach wie vor Lampenfieber. Wer das nicht hat, ist kein richtiger Schauspieler.
Ich bin Figuren nicht auf den Grund gegangen, weil ich nicht gelernt hatte, mein Wissen umzusetzen. Das arbeite ich auf, um es künftig besser zu machen. Ich stehe nicht vor dem Spiegel und denke: „Jetzt bin ich zu alt.“
Ich wäre glücklich, wenn ich wüsste, dass Frieden herrscht auf der ganzen Welt.
Ich bin lange noch nicht am Ende. Ich kann es mir beweisen, wenn ich die Gelegenheit bekomme.
Ich habe in meinem Bereich, also in der leichten Unterhaltung, mit der Partei am allerwenigsten zu tun gehabt! Viele Fernsehspiele sind ja auch von Westkritikern hoch gelobt worden – da war nicht alles dogmatisch.
Ich glaube, dass in jedem Menschen ein guter Kern steckt.
In Ehre und Anstand alt zu werden, halte ich für besser, als mit 1000 Operationen nicht mehr seine eigene Persönlichkeit zu behalten.
Vor ein paar Jahren 3 Wochen in Kenia und zwischendurch immer wieder Ostsee. Mein Lieblingsland ist allerdings Kroatien.
Ich war Mädchen für alles, habe eine Art Flohzirkus betrieben, denn die Kamera musste Futter bekommen. Zusammen mit Gerhard Wollmer aus dem Westen Berlins habe ich viele Unterhaltungssendungen erfunden.
Um diese Frage zu beantworten, reicht kein 5 Minuten-Fragebogen. Alles andere wäre in der heutigen Zeit oberflächlich.
Ich esse und trinke, was mir schmeckt.
Wenn ich die Macht dazu hätte, würde ich… dafür sorgen, dass keine Theater mehr geschlossen werden.
Ich habe darauf bestanden, mich älter schminken zu lassen.
Ich fahre immer das Auto gern, das ich im Augenblick habe.
Wir haben die Aufgabe, Menschen nicht nur zu unterhalten, sondern sie auch zum Denken anzuregen.
Ich habe etwas, vor dem ich mich immer gefürchtet hatte. Der Krebs ist weg, aber in Gedanken noch da. Für mich hat jetzt ein Lebensabschnitt begonnen, den ich völlig anders angehe. Ich fange ganz neu an. Mit einem neuen Haus, einer neuen Umgebung. Und ich nehme meine berufliche Vergangenheit kritisch unter die Lupe, um für die Zukunft daraus zu lernen. Denn ich habe vieles falsch gemacht. Hört sich vielleicht dumm an, mit 92 Jahren. Aber das muss sein.
Ich habe den Krieg als Soldat bis zum allerletzten Tag mitgemacht, habe Schreckliches erlebt, habe dann wie Millionen andere den Schutt weggeräumt und ein neues Land mit aufgebaut, das ein Ergebnis des Kriegs und der Besatzungsmächte war. Die Leistungen in diesem Land kann man doch nicht in Bausch und Bogen abwerten.
Keiner versteht, warum ich jetzt alles aufrolle und auseinanderpflücke. Natürlich gibt es viele positive Erinnerungen. Erfolge, von denen ich nicht weiß, ob ich sie heute wieder so erreichen würde. Ich bereue nicht, das DDR-Fernsehen mit aufgebaut zu haben – mit allen Fehlern. Ich habe mich immer mit meiner schmalen Brust vor die Unterhaltungskunst gestellt, wenn auch nicht alles toll war. Sie brachte mir eine große Popularität. Doch das ist kein Privileg. Ich kann nicht zufrieden sein, weil ich die Ernsthaftigkeit des Berufes hintangestellt habe. Als ich 1950 ans Deutsche Theater kam, begriff ich die Chance nicht, die mir Regisseur Wolfgang Langhoff gab. Er sagte mir damals: „Die Entwicklung zu einem guten Schauspieler braucht ihre Zeit.“ Ich habe die Mühen gescheut und die Flucht ergriffen, als 1952 das Fernsehen mich wollte.
Ich habe vor jedem Auftritt nach wie vor Lampenfieber. Wer das nicht hat, ist kein richtiger Schauspieler.
Ich bin Figuren nicht auf den Grund gegangen, weil ich nicht gelernt hatte, mein Wissen umzusetzen. Das arbeite ich auf, um es künftig besser zu machen. Ich stehe nicht vor dem Spiegel und denke: „Jetzt bin ich zu alt.“
Ich wäre glücklich, wenn ich wüsste, dass Frieden herrscht auf der ganzen Welt.
Ich bin lange noch nicht am Ende. Ich kann es mir beweisen, wenn ich die Gelegenheit bekomme.
Freitag, 16. Februar 2018
Happy Birthday LeVar Burton!
I am sick to my stomach and my heart is broken... We can’t continue to sacrifice OUR children on the altar of the gun lobby. We MUST do better! We must BE better! Let’s call this what it is America, a shameful inversion of our priorities!
I'm a firm believer and always have been that there aren't all that many things that you should not express to children in an age-appropriate manner, and as a parent, that is your job - to be discerning as to whether or not your child can handle the information, provided you have the ability to express yourself in that age-appropriate way.
Let’s get serious, y’all. Deviled eggs w/scrimps & caviar. Korean Bar-b-q’d chicken. Roasted oysters...
I've always been interested in gadgets and technology and I've always been a reader.
So long, New York. I’ll see you next time, but you don’t have to take my word for it!
For me, a good children's book is a good children's book is a good children's book.
Happy #MLKDay, Y’all! My favorite King quote...
"A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true." -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
We want a book to be a book. We'll have all the interactive bells and whistles but our intent is to engage young people in reading, not to show them a movie.
Today would have been my Mother’s 86th Birthday. In her honor we will gather as a family, celebrate her life and inter her ashes in place she herself selected and purchased while she was still here. True to form, she is calling the shots even now! Happy Birthday, Erma Christian.
I feel like I have been able to notice throughout the incremental march of history during the course of my own lifetime patterns emerging, and there's a sort of a rubber band effect that happens where social growth and change is concerned.
Peace and blessings be upon us all! In gratitude for that which has come our way and courage for the road ahead. To be on this journey with you is the purpose that animates my Soul... #HappyChristmas
I have always been a fan of 'Star Trek.' I love Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future.
I’m officially on holiday... Yippee!
I have a cold... Crap!
Jim Carrey can do anything he wants, right? There are guys like that. I'm not one of those guys, so my career has been cobbled together with what the universe has put in front of me.
SANTA sips his soup from straws. The spoon is for the croutons... #itsabeardthing
And it's here and it's ready and we can really revolutionize the way we educate our children with tablet computers, and I'm committed to doing whatever I can to speaking to whomever I can to send this signal - to pound this message home. Now is the time.
Just watched the TNG episode, “Second Chances” on @BBCAMERICA. It’s the first episode of anything I ever directed.
That's not a role you prepare for. There's no preparation. You don't have time to prepare for the reading of an audiobook. You do the reading of an audiobook in basically two days' time - an unabridged version, maybe three days.
One of many sleights I am having to endure these days. Thanks! @Lavarbigballer... #bydhttmwfi
I'm excited to see how current and future technologies revolutionize the way we learn.
I've always been the sort of guy who's happiest doing more than one thing at a time.
All literature is political.
With the technology of tablet computers, if we bring the right content to them and distribute them ubiquitously throughout the land, we can do something about America being ranked 29th in the world in terms of our level of education.
It is no longer appropriate for me as an American to sit by and expect my government to get it done.
I want to live in an America where we are able to marshal all the resources we have at our disposal and that we - people like me, and companies like Apple and Intel and others - can make it our business to put a tablet computer in the hands of every single kid in America. Every single kid.
We can't afford to sacrifice another generation of American children to bureaucratic politics. We've got to get it done. The future, the health, the life - our nation depends on it and it's just foolish to think or act otherwise.
Kids are sponges. They will emulate what they see and what they're exposed to.
The unvarnished truth is that we have spent the last decade funding the machinery of war, and our children have been sacrificed.
I'm enormously proud of the fact that Star Trek has really not just sparked an interest, but encouraged, a few generations of people to go into the sciences.
We had to figure out how to produce books in a cost-effective way.
Reading a hard copy book, and reading a book on an iPad are slightly different experiences. What they both have in common though is that you must engage your imagination in the process.
Because storytelling, and visual storytelling, was put in the hands of everybody, and we have all now become storytellers.
There would be no Star Trek unless there were transporter malfunctions.
I get most of my news updates from electronic and social media.
I fly my geek flag proudly. Absolutely.
Yeah. I do. I think that we have to continue to expand the areas in which we want our kids to be literate. And social media's going to be a part of their lives. And why not? Why not give them a sense of what the rules of the road are?
We have an amazing advantage right now in that we have developed technology that is so sexy, so engaging for kids.
I think reading is part of the birthright of the human being
If we marry educational technology with quality, enriching content, that's a circle of win.
For me, literacy means freedom. For the individual and for society.
It's not about division. It's not about politics. My concern is how do we come together?
In a society that functions optimally, those who can should naturally want to provide for those who can't. That's how it's designed to work. I truly believe we're here to take care of one another.
I genuinely believe we have an opportunity to revolutionize how we educate our children.
Maturity is a series of shattered illusions.
It's definitely true that there are a lot of the devices we used on 'Star Trek,' that came out the imagination of the writers, and the creators that are actually in the world today.
Libraries do one thing that no other institution does and that's provide access to all.
As long as we are engaged in storytelling that moves the culture forward, it doesn't matter what format it is.
After many years of training myself, strong emotions are now a trigger for me to look at something. I think that all emotions are triggers for us to grow in our level of consciousness.
This wired generation is kind of cool.
You can break down anything for a child, and you have to know what your child is ready for and what your child is not.
I'm a firm believer and always have been that there aren't all that many things that you should not express to children in an age-appropriate manner, and as a parent, that is your job - to be discerning as to whether or not your child can handle the information, provided you have the ability to express yourself in that age-appropriate way.
Let’s get serious, y’all. Deviled eggs w/scrimps & caviar. Korean Bar-b-q’d chicken. Roasted oysters...
I've always been interested in gadgets and technology and I've always been a reader.
So long, New York. I’ll see you next time, but you don’t have to take my word for it!
For me, a good children's book is a good children's book is a good children's book.
Happy #MLKDay, Y’all! My favorite King quote...
"A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true." -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
We want a book to be a book. We'll have all the interactive bells and whistles but our intent is to engage young people in reading, not to show them a movie.
Today would have been my Mother’s 86th Birthday. In her honor we will gather as a family, celebrate her life and inter her ashes in place she herself selected and purchased while she was still here. True to form, she is calling the shots even now! Happy Birthday, Erma Christian.
I feel like I have been able to notice throughout the incremental march of history during the course of my own lifetime patterns emerging, and there's a sort of a rubber band effect that happens where social growth and change is concerned.
Peace and blessings be upon us all! In gratitude for that which has come our way and courage for the road ahead. To be on this journey with you is the purpose that animates my Soul... #HappyChristmas
I have always been a fan of 'Star Trek.' I love Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future.
I’m officially on holiday... Yippee!
I have a cold... Crap!
Jim Carrey can do anything he wants, right? There are guys like that. I'm not one of those guys, so my career has been cobbled together with what the universe has put in front of me.
SANTA sips his soup from straws. The spoon is for the croutons... #itsabeardthing
And it's here and it's ready and we can really revolutionize the way we educate our children with tablet computers, and I'm committed to doing whatever I can to speaking to whomever I can to send this signal - to pound this message home. Now is the time.
Just watched the TNG episode, “Second Chances” on @BBCAMERICA. It’s the first episode of anything I ever directed.
That's not a role you prepare for. There's no preparation. You don't have time to prepare for the reading of an audiobook. You do the reading of an audiobook in basically two days' time - an unabridged version, maybe three days.
One of many sleights I am having to endure these days. Thanks! @Lavarbigballer... #bydhttmwfi
I'm excited to see how current and future technologies revolutionize the way we learn.
I've always been the sort of guy who's happiest doing more than one thing at a time.
All literature is political.
With the technology of tablet computers, if we bring the right content to them and distribute them ubiquitously throughout the land, we can do something about America being ranked 29th in the world in terms of our level of education.
It is no longer appropriate for me as an American to sit by and expect my government to get it done.
I want to live in an America where we are able to marshal all the resources we have at our disposal and that we - people like me, and companies like Apple and Intel and others - can make it our business to put a tablet computer in the hands of every single kid in America. Every single kid.
We can't afford to sacrifice another generation of American children to bureaucratic politics. We've got to get it done. The future, the health, the life - our nation depends on it and it's just foolish to think or act otherwise.
Kids are sponges. They will emulate what they see and what they're exposed to.
The unvarnished truth is that we have spent the last decade funding the machinery of war, and our children have been sacrificed.
I'm enormously proud of the fact that Star Trek has really not just sparked an interest, but encouraged, a few generations of people to go into the sciences.
We had to figure out how to produce books in a cost-effective way.
Reading a hard copy book, and reading a book on an iPad are slightly different experiences. What they both have in common though is that you must engage your imagination in the process.
Because storytelling, and visual storytelling, was put in the hands of everybody, and we have all now become storytellers.
There would be no Star Trek unless there were transporter malfunctions.
I get most of my news updates from electronic and social media.
I fly my geek flag proudly. Absolutely.
Yeah. I do. I think that we have to continue to expand the areas in which we want our kids to be literate. And social media's going to be a part of their lives. And why not? Why not give them a sense of what the rules of the road are?
We have an amazing advantage right now in that we have developed technology that is so sexy, so engaging for kids.
I think reading is part of the birthright of the human being
If we marry educational technology with quality, enriching content, that's a circle of win.
For me, literacy means freedom. For the individual and for society.
It's not about division. It's not about politics. My concern is how do we come together?
In a society that functions optimally, those who can should naturally want to provide for those who can't. That's how it's designed to work. I truly believe we're here to take care of one another.
I genuinely believe we have an opportunity to revolutionize how we educate our children.
Maturity is a series of shattered illusions.
It's definitely true that there are a lot of the devices we used on 'Star Trek,' that came out the imagination of the writers, and the creators that are actually in the world today.
Libraries do one thing that no other institution does and that's provide access to all.
As long as we are engaged in storytelling that moves the culture forward, it doesn't matter what format it is.
After many years of training myself, strong emotions are now a trigger for me to look at something. I think that all emotions are triggers for us to grow in our level of consciousness.
This wired generation is kind of cool.
You can break down anything for a child, and you have to know what your child is ready for and what your child is not.
Freitag, 2. Februar 2018
Happy Birthday Brent Spiner!
It wasn't exactly a cattle call. I had an agent, and they were seeing people for the parts, so my agent said, "Here's the script, see if there's anything that speaks to you." And I did, and I called my agent and said, "I think this character Data is kind of interesting," and she said, "Well, okay, I'll get you the appointment with Junie Lowry." I had to read with the casting agent first, 'cause nobody really knew me then. Then after that, I had, I think, six different auditions for the role. And finally it was me on Star Trek.
I like to think of myself as the Rutger Hauer of this show Star Trek: The Next Generation. But then I like to think of myself as Rutger Hauer in real life: strikingly handsome, irresistible to women, an intergalactic enigma.
Independence Day was a sweet, sweet job, because it was one of those big surprises.
I think the potential for man is so enormous, if we can stay alive long enough, we're going to be seeing a lot of what Star Trek is projecting.
I think Rick Berman just called me and asked me if I wanted to do the show, and he said they'd write an arc if I'd do it.
I think Night Court was the first thing I did when I came out to Hollywood. It was just one of those things that... I'm from Texas, and it was a character I'd been doing when I was a kid, just for fun.
I had no idea I was part of what was going to be a big mega-hit. I thought I was doing a B sci-fi movie Independence Day. And, actually, it was Jeff Goldblum who looked at me one day and said, "You know, I think this is going to be really something." And I said, "Well, I hope you're right." And sure enough, it turned out to be.
People think that being on Star Trek is career suicide, but it's really just the opposite.
I think that Enterprise was getting better and better, actually, and if it had kept going, I think it would've turned into as good a show as any other in the Star Trek franchise.
And the basic sort of thrust of Star Trek being about equality and tolerance and things I believe in deeply.
It seemed like an interesting movie Independence Day, and I thought I had a take on the part that was going to be unique. That doesn't happen to me very often.
And I think it's likely that there will be Data's out there one day. I hope so, if there are, that they all look exactly like me!
I don't think everybody wanted to be on new Star Trek series. I certainly didn't.
That's what kids were like then. So I really like the movie "Dude, Where's My Car?", I think it's genuinely funny, and I wish I hadn't been so arrogant about it. And, of course, I didn't know it was going to be my best work, either.
Earl Mills is probably the best role I've ever been given in a film. And it was a great experience to work with Halle Berry and Klaus Maria Brandauer, an Austrian actor who's a hero of mine. Martha Coolidge directed the movie Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, giving me another shot, and it was an amazing experience.
I don't read Science Fiction.
A job is a job. And I like to work.
So we with Chris Ellis did "Fresh Hell", and we did the first five episodes as a lark, just to see if anybody would respond or be interested, and we got enough feedback that was positive that we thought, "Let's keep going with this and see if we can flesh it out a bit this season." We've had 10 episodes, and they've been longer and a little more complete.
Gian Luigi Polidoro and his girlfriend had written this script, it was an American comedy, and they decided I was the guy to play the part. I was young, they offered me the lead in the film, and I said, "Sure, I'll do it." And I'm telling you, there is a movie waiting to be made about the making of a movie like that, particularly at that time in New York. I mean, we shot all over the streets of New York without permits. We would literally grab a shot and run. But Rent Control... I think the total cost was $100,000, and to this director's credit, I think it looks like $200,000.
The character of Brent Spiner in "Fresh Hell". We certainly collaborate on the concept of that, but he basically writes the script, then it's sort of a combination of his voice and my voice.
Obviously we're doing a comedy "Fresh Hell", and our intent is to entertain, but we're also really aware and trying to stay aware of the subtext of what it's like to reach a certain age and be dismissed, basically, from the fraternity you've always wanted to be a part of, and the desperation involved in trying to claw your way back into it.
We got to be really good friends Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. It was just thrilling, every day. Every single day. I had a big couple of musical numbers in "Out to Sea", and I remember doing one of them and shooting it from beginning to end.
I try to do as much as I can. I probably knew more about Earl Mills than anybody on earth besides people who actually knew him.
Radical surgery is never fun.
It was kind of an amazing class. I went to the Strasberg Institute in New York for a little while after I got there, and I've never seen anybody who was in any of my classes there ever again. I mean, that's not to say they didn't become somebody. I'm not sure. I mean, Sam Jackson could've been in my class, for all I remember.
We had lunch that day with Chris Ellis, and I was talking about this idea. I toyed with it a little bit on Twitter in story form at one point. And he thought it was a great idea, and he thought, "Well, let's bring my friend Harry Hannigan in, who's a wonderful writer, and let's see if we can put something together."
Rent Control was an interesting movie. It was directed by... I had done a couple of plays off Broadway, and this Italian director came, his name was Gian Luigi Polidoro, and he determined I was the person to play the lead in his low-budget comedy. He'd won an award at the Venice Film Festival, and... He was, y'know, a skilled director.
As I get older and I get more of this dialogue and I lose more and more brain cells, it really does become the most difficult part of the job!
I do know that when I look around in show business, I see a lot of people who were in my drama class in high school.
I felt like I was a natural in "The Simpsons".
As it turns out, sometimes that bites you. In this case, I saw pictures of Earl Mills, and...I actually met him. He was quite old at the time, but he had this sort of curly red hair, so we did that in the film. I got a perm and had red hair, and... It was a mess.
My own personal favorite Cher song is the unforgettable Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves.
I tended to do a lot of shows that were ahead of their time and didn't run very long.
Joey being one of my finest performances ever. Matt LeBlanc's basically doing the same thing right now, playing himself on Episodes. When I did Joey, I really leaned on them to make me the biggest ass they possibly could, because, frankly, everyone in their heart of hearts thinks of themselves that way. Or at least I do, anyway.
Rent Control is not a terrible movie, certainly not for the budget they had. And, again, it's such an '80s kind of thing.
In my heart, I've never left Brazil.
I did a couple of little Off-Broadway things, but my first Broadway show was A History Of The American Film, written by Chris Durang. Swoosie Kurtz was one of the stars. It was a wonderful show. It closed in 40 performances. I think it was kind of ahead of its time.
I´m thinking of going into rehab. Im not addicted to anything, but I think its good way to jumpstart an acting career.
I think it was somewhere around age 3 when I fell down the stairs at my house, and I got up and did a Jerry Lewis impression and got a big laugh. And I thought, "Oooh, I like that. I think I need to do this for a living!"
And, you know, when you are a kid, everybody wants to be an actor. I think that everybody wants to be in show business, frankly.
A couple of years ago, I went to see a production of Wicked in San Francisco with a friend of mine, one that Patty Duke was in, and he said, "Do you want to meet her?" And I said, "Yeah!" And I went backstage, and she walked out of her dressing room, looked at me, and said, "I know you." And I went, "Well, uh, yeah, I was in My Sweet Charlie." And she said, "Yeah! You were the guy in the car on the road!" And I was. It was amazing.
Billy Bob Conroy role that was a favor. Actually, the lady who cast Night Court asked me to do it, because it was a Friday, and the person who'd been rehearsing it all week got sick and couldn't come to the taping. And she figured I could put it together pretty quickly - it was not all that big a challenge, frankly - and I said, "Of course." I owed her, after all. Gilda Stratton was her name. She was a really, really nice person. So I did it.
I didn't really watch the show Star Trek. I still haven't seen about 150 of them. So I didn't really think of them too much in terms of episodes. I thought of them as kind of one long seven-year episode.
Any job you can go to and have a laugh everyday has got to be a good job.
I've gotten such good feedback from that re-team with Wil Wheaton for Big Bang Theory appearance, and I hardly did anything.
"Out To Sea" began a relationship I had with Martha Coolidge for a few years that was wonderful, and she certainly cast me in the best roles I've ever had in film.
I did a great show Off-Broadway called Leave It To Beaver Is Dead that was at the Public Theater in New York. It was written by Des McAnuff, who's an illustrious director now, and it starred... Well, I was in it, Mandy Patinkin, Dianne Wiest, Saul Rubinek, and Maury Chaykin. It was an amazing show. But it was definitely ahead of its time, and people didn't quite get it.
I don't read fiction at all.
I mean, I'm the tag of the Big Bang Theory show! That was one of the easiest jobs I've ever had.
Of those, the only one that really stands out for me is Tales From The Darkside, for a couple of reasons, one in particular being who I got to work with on it, which was Eddie Bracken. I mean, what a man. Someone who's done Preston Sturges movies, and I actually got to work with him? And he was great.
Both of the Quaid brothers, Randy and Dennis, were in my class, and Tommy Schlamme, who produced and directed The West Wing with Aaron Sorkin, among many others. Marianne Williamson, who did A Course In Miracles, she was in my high-school drama class, too. So it was kind of an amazing class.
I try not to make plans. Because, even the best laid plans etc. etc.
I think I worked an average of about 10 minutes a day in Big Bang Theory series. It took longer to get to the studio than I actually worked. So I regard the driving there as the actual job. The work itself was just fun.
"The Aviator" came about through John Logan, who I've been friends with for many years.
When I get to work with people I admire, it's such a bonus, so it was an easy sell when I got this phone call asking, 'Will you do this thing with David Strathairn?'" Also, they didn't ask me to audition, which is another bonus. But they said, "All your scenes will be with David," and I said, "I'm there!"
If you look around at the people in show business today they are basically the people who didn't give up.
I think we're all fans, and I understand the whole world of fandom, because I am a fan.
Voice acting is about the easiest thing to do. You roll out of bed, throw your clothes on that you had on the night before, you go into the studio, and nobody cares, just as long as you can speak.
That was a really interesting series Threshold that I think would've been really great had it continued. I know Brannon Braga, who was running the show at the time, had a lot of really interesting ideas for what was going to happen the second, third, fourth, and fifth seasons, and they had it really planned out what was going to go on. But CBS just decided to pull the plug on it.
The one on Fresh Hell is a little easier, because we make it up. It's a strange kind of hybrid of the real me and... Well, obviously it's me standing there, and it's my voice and my face, but it's also kind of filtered through Harry Hannigan's take on the character, the one he's writing.
Timing is everything, as you know.
I really enjoyed Eddie Bracken. He told me a great story. He did The Odd Couple on Broadway, replacing Art Carney, and he said, "Art Carney did it for six months and I did it for three years, and I don't think anyone I've ever spoken to saw me. They all saw Art Carney."
One of the things about working on Star Trek that was always so great was that we all got along as well as we did. We really became family.
Having spent so much time in a fictional world, I prefer to read about the real world.
Basically, my deal is that I choose roles based on three criteria. One is the role, obviously, if it's something that speaks to me. Two is, are they gonna pay me? And three is, who am I gonna work with? And, really, if one of those is there, I'm pretty likely to do it, but it's particularly important to me who I'm going to work with, 'cause that's part of the joy.
John Logan pretty much does the Woody Allen thing of just bringing people in and meeting them.
I went to New York out of college, and in my day, we were told that was the way you became a good actor. You don't go to Hollywood, you go straight to New York and work in the theater. So that's what most of the people I knew did.
I've toyed with this idea of Fresh Hell for a long time. I actually wrote a feature years ago with this sort of concept in mind, and it's gone through several incarnations, and... It wasn't 'til I met Chris Ellis, who directed me in a little thing that was actually for a ride in Universal Singapore, for those of you who happen to be going to Universal Singapore.
I have to say, though, that somebody pointed out to me on YouTube that Conan O'Brien was being interviewed, and he was talking about how, oddly enough, he went to see that movie South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut in Hawaii with his girlfriend or wife or whoever, and he didn't even realize his character was in it. But there he was, and he said, "This voice comes out of me, and I'm thinking, 'That's not me! Who is that? That doesn't even sound like me!'
I know a guy who writes on the show, it was his episode, and he called and said, "Would you do it?" And I said, "Yeah." There's not really much else to tell, except that I was thrilled to be on The Simpsons, because it's one of the greatest series in the history of television.
I love the South Park guys, Trey Parker and Matt Stone. They're geniuses. I throw that word around a lot, but I really do mean it.
I think it's the business part of the word show business that causes me the most concern.
Although I could be wrong. If Roland Emmerich's thinking about doing that at some point, I'd be glad to don the long hair again. But sometimes you can just go a little bit further out with something you're only going to be doing for a short run.
I didn't audition or anything like that. But I went into John Loganhis office... It was his screening room in his office, actually, and I sat and schmoozed with him for about two minutes, which I think is standard, and, y'know, we got on fine.
Dana Carvey is hilarious. He's a really, really funny, talented guy. You know, I can't think of anything I've ever done that I regret doing, and I certainly don't regret doing Master Of Disguise, because I got to hang around Dana.
Certainly I find it most interesting to play a role that I can invent from nothing.
I was, like, "Wow, is this ever going to happen again? Am I ever going to work with another bunch of people I get along with this well?" And then, sure enough, Threshold was just a great bunch of people, and I thought, "Hey, I could hang with these people for a long time!" But, unfortunately, it was 13 episodes and we were out of there.
Martin Scorsese basically works just like any other director. You work the scene, you try to find what's best in it and make it work. That's what it was like.
It's fun to do something different. And there are things you can do in a small palate that you can't necessarily do in a larger role. You can go a little further and do things you could never pull off for any length of time, but you can do for the short run.
I'm an avid biography reader.
I have to go with Data's makeup, because that was basically every day, 10 months out of the year, for seven years. There were only a couple of days that I had to endure for Dr. Soong.
I got to play a funny part in "The Master Of Disguise". There was one thing my character did that involved flatulence and laughing at the same time - that was in the script - and that was basically what sold me on it. I really thought, "This can't help but be funny." And when I saw the film, I was proud that I'd had those moments.
I've played myself before this and I've played myself since, for that matter - and playing yourself one of the most difficult characters you can play, 'cause God knows most of us don't know who that is.
I think there is something like 90% unemployment in the Screen Actors Guild, so we are the exception.
Felicia Day is really figured it all out, and it was impressive. It was nothing like our set, because her set was like working on a real film.
There's such a grand fraternity of actors who've played the Joker, not the least of whom is Mark Hamill, who voiced it for so long and was so great. I did it one time and... I've gotten some feedback on it from people who've seen it and really enjoyed it, but I don't know.
I don't know you could do a whole film about Dr. Okun from Independence Day.
There is no question that everybody who works in show business is lucky because of the number of people who wish they where working in show business.
Needless to say, I was impressed by Felicia Day and her moxie with how to do a web series. I mean, she's the queen of the web.
We started talking about The Searchers, and then he went on to tell me a story about when he first met John Wayne, and he said, "Hey, you be me and I'll be Wayne," and I said, "No, let me be Wayne!" Anyway, it was a very pleasant conversation, it was clear to him that I was a big movie fan, and by the time I got home, there was a phone call, asking if I'd mind doing one scene in the movie "The Aviator".
Pierre could be the best thing I've ever done. When you distill it down to a minute and a half of work, that may be my finest effort.
No, actually I'm trying to stay away from the big screen.
I actually had some funny dialogue in Stardust Memories, a little piece, and we shot all day in this big ballroom. Gordon Willis was the director of photography, and at the end of the day, Gordon turned to Woody Allen and said, "We cannot accomplish all of this in this space. It's impossible." And we'd been rehearsing and trying to shoot this thing all day. So Woody said, "Okay, let's do something else." He looked at me and said, "Come back tomorrow, I'll put you in something else." And he did.
I don't know if the character's come back and it was someone else playing it, or maybe they never did it again. But I loved it. It was a great part to play.
Initially I objected to the Data makeup. I said, "Why do I need this makeup? Why can't I just look like me?" In fact, I said to Gene Roddenberry, "Don't you think that by this time in history, they would've figured out how to make skin look like skin?" And he said, "What makes you think that what you have isn't better than skin?" And I went, "Um, okay."
Yes, Data is hairless but I am not. And we are both anatomically correct.
Voice acting is such an easy job. It's like stealing money, really. Which I'm always happy to do.
John Logan was kind of wrapping up - "Well, thanks for coming in..." - and I thought, "Oh, God, this is over and I'm out of here, and I really don't want to leave."So I said, "Can I ask you a question?" He said, "Sure." "What movie do you think you've seen more than any other movie?" And he said, "Wow, let me think about that. I guess probably The Searchers." And I said, "Well, oddly, that's the movie I've seen more than any other movie." And I wasn't just BS-ing. It's true. It's my favorite movie.
I did have a tiny moment in a TV movie called My Sweet Charlie, starring Patty Duke.
Generally, I have to be able to get the lines out of my mouth without making a mistake before I go to sleep.
Like, she had a caterer, she had wardrobe people, she had two makeup artists... I mean, we have makeup and we have wardrobe, but Felicia Day was, like, on it. She had two cameras operating, sets, extras everywhere. It was unbelievable. I don't know what her budget was or is, but she had sponsors for her show, and we don't have a sponsor yet, so basically, the difference is, our moms make our costumes.
I think everyone agrees First Contact was our best film, and even at that, they're kind of... I don't know, they're sort of movies. But they're kind of really Star Trek movies, if you take my meaning. It's hard for me to say. I was glad to be doing them. Whether they were good isn't really up to me to determine, and it doesn't matter what I think. I thought we had a really nice script on Nemesis, and the audience didn't seem to care for it, so what can you do?
The Dain Curse was a great job. I was in New York, and I was young - I think I'm 28 years old in that - and I got to work with James Coburn and Jean Simmons and Jason Miller. Plus, it was a Dashiell Hammett story, and I had a great character. It was fantastic to shoot.
Acting is acting.
I did learn a lot from Felicia Day, though, and I was able to usurp some of her talent.
I'm, like, y'know, I didn't have a problem doing one scene in Dude, Where's My Car? I'm certainly not going to have a problem doing one scene in a Martin Scorsese movie!
It really was not that difficult a process, because I was playing Data from Star Trek something that doesn't exist. So it was really based on... Imagination was the key element in that, and whatever I could think of, I could do, because there was no precedent for it. It wasn't like someone was going to say, "Well, an android would never do that." They didn't know!
Harry Hannigan and Chris Ellis are sitting there while we're doing Fresh Hell, and Chris is directing, obviously, but if we start fooling around a little bit, Harry comes in, and he's got some addition that makes it even funnier. But we start with a complete script.
I had a fantastic teacher in high school. I had one of those guys you dream of having, who molds your life and inspires you to go in a particular direction, and he was quite brilliant. His name was Cecil Pickett, and a lot of the kids from my high-school drama class are in professional show business and have done quite well.
Can't argue with Gene Roddenberry. He was a pretty brilliant guy.
If I'm not mistaken, I think Data was the comic relief on the show.
So it was a really pleasant surprise when Independence Day turned out to be a successful film. I don't know if you've heard that they're going to be re-releasing it next Fourth of July in 3-D. I've actually only seen it once, and it was in Hawaii, in a little theater in Oahu shortly after it was released. But Roland Emmerich is a really smart guy, and he makes really fun movies to watch.
Hollywood has more than its share of harsh and crewel stories. In fact, it's probably more the norm than the exception.
Dr. Okun. Who's named after a special-effects guy named Jeff Okun, who had done Stargate for Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, who did Independence Day. But "Brakish" just came up one day when Jeff Goldblum and I were improvising, and he told me his character's name and I told him mine.
I think he is an extremely accessible character. In Data there is no potential for cruelty.
I've worked with some great people in Star Trek, and I was paid handsomely, and it was a nice role. So the whole experience was positive for me.
Rick Berman, who produced Star Trek, was a big Night Court fan. So he knew who I was as soon as I walked in.
They were nicely written and nicely directed episodes. I enjoyed working with Scott Bakula. So it was good to do, and, as you said, it did serve to enhance the Soong legacy.
My New Years Resolution is to curb my addiction to social networks. So, I’m going to take a break from this. Will miss you all, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Well...not the Ugly. Happy New Year!!!
Throw off your shackles! I am proud to lead the way in freeing all people to once again utter those two glorious words, “Happy New Year!”
I believe the war on Christmas started with Andy Williams. His version of “Happy Holidays” was pure anarchy. Now, thanks to “you know who”, the war is over. And yet, they continue playing that song. What gives?
Many people have a particularly difficult time during the holidays. Don’t worry, it’s almost over. And a new year is coming, with new possibilities.
But my favorite Christmas movie is John Ford’s “Three Godfathers”.
Is “Love, Actually” the perfect Christmas rom-com, or what?
What would happen if everyone told the truth? Maybe 2018?
Uncanny likeness!
Got to hand it to Sen. Rubio. Getting that child tax credit boosted by $300 means the whole family can now go to the movies and have popcorn!
Because of the disagreement between Sarah Silverman and Brent Bozell, I have decided to change my name. I will now be Levar Spiner.
And in Alabama the tusks are looser!
Congrats to Hamill Himself on the amazing reviews for his new little picture! Can’t wait to see it.
If “The Handmaid’s Tale” doesn’t win the Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series, I’ll know the thing is fixed!
Keaton, I’m not working right now, but if you can get one of your new friends to hire me, you’re definitely invited to the premiere.
So strange. Has there ever been a President who didn’t say, Merry Christmas? What’s the idea here?
Apologies to @akaWorf. I was confusing him with Judi Dench. But then, I always do.
Vote John Leger because...he’s always been nice to me.
Celebrations all over the world today for Michael Dorn’s birthday! Happy 80th, Michael!!!
His...uh...his dentist wrote it.
Thinking of skipping the gym this morning. Be smart. If they say evacuate, do it.
Prediction: Russell Crowe will win his second Oscar playing Steve Bannon.
Reducing the size of two National Parks seems like a good idea, because...uh, yeah...why?
Remember Richard Crenna? Great, underrated actor. Did it all. Comedy, hard hitting drama, westerns, romantic stuff. Really shouldn’t be forgotten.
On Monday, Sarah Sanders “What the President meant was...”.
I don’t know, I’d like to read the whole tax bill before I vote.
Q: Who are the three greatest female tap dancers of all time?
A: Eleanor Powell, Ann Miller, Sarah Huckaby Sanders
So, if that’s true, okay. Congratulations. But, if it’s not, what’s the deal?
It seems, for the first time in a long time, the people of this country are united. And the one thing bringing us together? Elephants.
Whew! Looks like I’m going to get a break on my private plane. It’s been soooo expensive!!!
USPS: What is the last day I can mail elephant trophies and have them arrive by Christmas?
The bad news: Was having an issue with my L.A.Times delivery. The good news: I so rarely have the opportunity to talk to someone in the Philippines.
What could be more reassuring than the leaders of two countries body-shaming each other?
Gets confusing, doesn’t it? Is that the idea?
It’s been pointed out I spelled @rickygervais name wrong. I added an “e” to the end. That’s for “effing” great!
Saw Ricky Gervaise HUMANITY tonight. I’d like to see it again tomorrow. As good as it gets.
I need a Press Secretary to explain what I REALLY mean when I say stupid things.
Something’s going on with T-Mobile. I think they have pennant fever. And, that’s good!
Maybe I'm crazy, but I'm thinking of running for President of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Happy Hold Your Head In The Crook Of Your Arm Day!!!
Thinking about Northern California. No many lives devastated. What a horrible year its been for our world.
"So many lives". Obviously.
I think I invented the word, "I". I may have heard it before, but I don't think so. Not the word, "Eye". Someone else invented that. "I".
Hopefully, we are entering a time when powerful men, in fact all men, will think more than twice about sexually harassing a woman. And stop.
Some players knelt during the Anthem. Kind of surprising. Who knew that would happen. You must've been shocked!
Some of you guys are really creative.
Someone suggested a "Brento Box". I'm on board.
My head is going to be very happy!!!
Idea for a Hallmark movie for me. Old man with low self esteem goes to Hawaii. Surf, sand, fun. Winds up falling in love with himself.
Have a feeling I could be your next Secretary of State. I'm kind of excited.
So much affection for these old, wildly attractive people on the 30th anniversary of TNG. Sincere thanks to all.
Who could've known 30 yrs ago, that I'd be celebrating the anniversary of TNG in Parsippany, N.J.-Miracles can happen!
Does it? Or doesn't it? What's the truth?
When I watch the video of Trump driving a golf ball into Hillary's back, I'm reassured that we have nothing to fear from North Korea.
I failed to mention, proceeds will benefit UNICEF. And hurricane relief.
So much great television on the air. Can't watch it all. So, I just watch one episode of every show.
S.T. Discovery--We know how you feel!!!
Enjoying this new trend in female action hero films. Looking very forward to seeing, "Ther"!
Ok, how about getting big money out of politics? No more SuperPacs, no more billions to elect someone. Maybe on merit, not dollars?
The argument for compulsory voting seems to have gone off the tracks. What about this: If you don't vote, you are put to death.
I know people hate big government, but if jury duty is required by law, why isn't voting?
Eat healthy for a longer life!
I know a lot of people are feeling disgruntled these days. I try to see the bright side. I'm gruntled.
I've lived more years in NY and L.A., but I'll always think of Houston as home.
The Wonder Woman debate is clearly an attempt to distract from the Russia investigation.
Serious question: Why is this a good idea?
That speech was like a kid who's been in the music business for six months doing a "Greatest Hits" CD.
Thinking of doing a Kickstarter for the Secret Service.
Really enjoyed last night's season finale of Game of Thrones. Can't wait till next season!!!
Great. The eclipse is on opposite Kelley and Ryan. Thanks, Obama.
Will they show the eclipse on the same channel the Yule log is on?
Happy Birthday to Jonathan Frakes, my brother from another planet!
Sources say Trump considering replacing Ivanka as First Daughter. Several generals in the running.
Once again, gathering the facts before he speaks.
If Data was human, this is the second thing he'd do.
On Instagram, if you don't ❤️my photo, does that mean you don't like the picture, or you don't like me?
Join me and my friends! BTW, this is what I look like out of make-up.
Great. Now where am I supposed to get a bong when I need it?
This is one day I don't mind being given grief about being a Leftie.
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Is it weird when someone responds to a tweet, and then "likes" their own response?
If all of this tough talk escalates into nuclear war, who, exactly, wins?
Honesty would make people like you more. Try it. See what happens.
Was there a time when this guy made sense? This is absurd.
I think it's Russ Tamblyn day on Twitter. 'Bout time.
Thank you, DT, for pleasant call. Offered me head of Homeland Security. I said, no, not qualified. He said, what difference does that make?
OMG! The President just called again. Said he thinks "Master of Disguise" is a masterpiece. His favorite film. Wow!
Just had a call from the President. Said he's fine with my comments about him. He said it's a good thing to question his moves.
Can we eat a little less meat? It's not that hard.
I'm still kind of miffed about Michelle Obama wearing a sleeveless dress. The noive!!!
I trained this lad not to shake hands.
A woman unfollowed me this morning saying, "You used to be a nice person". So unfair. I was never a nice person.
Kelly made the right call. Mooch adieu about something.
Come together now. Fix Health Care for all Americans.
Bet he can't name ten Presidents.
Maybe Sessions isn't on Twitter. Maybe just talk to him?
Really hoping for McCain to have a Spencer Tracy moment. "No sir, not on your life". And he walks out of the room.
Missed the name of the man who said this. "They don't have Health. They don't have Care. They don't have a Plan." Pretty succinct.
Right. But he looks fine to solve the problems in the Middle East?
You're breaking my heart. Seriously. Pathetic.
When I become President, I will break tradition and hold my Inauguration at San Diego Comic Con. Uuuge crowds.
When I become President, I will fix Healthcare my first day in office. Only I can fix it...Okay, second day.
I like to think of myself as the Rutger Hauer of this show Star Trek: The Next Generation. But then I like to think of myself as Rutger Hauer in real life: strikingly handsome, irresistible to women, an intergalactic enigma.
Independence Day was a sweet, sweet job, because it was one of those big surprises.
I think the potential for man is so enormous, if we can stay alive long enough, we're going to be seeing a lot of what Star Trek is projecting.
I think Rick Berman just called me and asked me if I wanted to do the show, and he said they'd write an arc if I'd do it.
I think Night Court was the first thing I did when I came out to Hollywood. It was just one of those things that... I'm from Texas, and it was a character I'd been doing when I was a kid, just for fun.
I had no idea I was part of what was going to be a big mega-hit. I thought I was doing a B sci-fi movie Independence Day. And, actually, it was Jeff Goldblum who looked at me one day and said, "You know, I think this is going to be really something." And I said, "Well, I hope you're right." And sure enough, it turned out to be.
People think that being on Star Trek is career suicide, but it's really just the opposite.
I think that Enterprise was getting better and better, actually, and if it had kept going, I think it would've turned into as good a show as any other in the Star Trek franchise.
And the basic sort of thrust of Star Trek being about equality and tolerance and things I believe in deeply.
It seemed like an interesting movie Independence Day, and I thought I had a take on the part that was going to be unique. That doesn't happen to me very often.
And I think it's likely that there will be Data's out there one day. I hope so, if there are, that they all look exactly like me!
I don't think everybody wanted to be on new Star Trek series. I certainly didn't.
That's what kids were like then. So I really like the movie "Dude, Where's My Car?", I think it's genuinely funny, and I wish I hadn't been so arrogant about it. And, of course, I didn't know it was going to be my best work, either.
Earl Mills is probably the best role I've ever been given in a film. And it was a great experience to work with Halle Berry and Klaus Maria Brandauer, an Austrian actor who's a hero of mine. Martha Coolidge directed the movie Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, giving me another shot, and it was an amazing experience.
I don't read Science Fiction.
A job is a job. And I like to work.
So we with Chris Ellis did "Fresh Hell", and we did the first five episodes as a lark, just to see if anybody would respond or be interested, and we got enough feedback that was positive that we thought, "Let's keep going with this and see if we can flesh it out a bit this season." We've had 10 episodes, and they've been longer and a little more complete.
Gian Luigi Polidoro and his girlfriend had written this script, it was an American comedy, and they decided I was the guy to play the part. I was young, they offered me the lead in the film, and I said, "Sure, I'll do it." And I'm telling you, there is a movie waiting to be made about the making of a movie like that, particularly at that time in New York. I mean, we shot all over the streets of New York without permits. We would literally grab a shot and run. But Rent Control... I think the total cost was $100,000, and to this director's credit, I think it looks like $200,000.
The character of Brent Spiner in "Fresh Hell". We certainly collaborate on the concept of that, but he basically writes the script, then it's sort of a combination of his voice and my voice.
Obviously we're doing a comedy "Fresh Hell", and our intent is to entertain, but we're also really aware and trying to stay aware of the subtext of what it's like to reach a certain age and be dismissed, basically, from the fraternity you've always wanted to be a part of, and the desperation involved in trying to claw your way back into it.
We got to be really good friends Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. It was just thrilling, every day. Every single day. I had a big couple of musical numbers in "Out to Sea", and I remember doing one of them and shooting it from beginning to end.
I try to do as much as I can. I probably knew more about Earl Mills than anybody on earth besides people who actually knew him.
Radical surgery is never fun.
It was kind of an amazing class. I went to the Strasberg Institute in New York for a little while after I got there, and I've never seen anybody who was in any of my classes there ever again. I mean, that's not to say they didn't become somebody. I'm not sure. I mean, Sam Jackson could've been in my class, for all I remember.
We had lunch that day with Chris Ellis, and I was talking about this idea. I toyed with it a little bit on Twitter in story form at one point. And he thought it was a great idea, and he thought, "Well, let's bring my friend Harry Hannigan in, who's a wonderful writer, and let's see if we can put something together."
Rent Control was an interesting movie. It was directed by... I had done a couple of plays off Broadway, and this Italian director came, his name was Gian Luigi Polidoro, and he determined I was the person to play the lead in his low-budget comedy. He'd won an award at the Venice Film Festival, and... He was, y'know, a skilled director.
As I get older and I get more of this dialogue and I lose more and more brain cells, it really does become the most difficult part of the job!
I do know that when I look around in show business, I see a lot of people who were in my drama class in high school.
I felt like I was a natural in "The Simpsons".
As it turns out, sometimes that bites you. In this case, I saw pictures of Earl Mills, and...I actually met him. He was quite old at the time, but he had this sort of curly red hair, so we did that in the film. I got a perm and had red hair, and... It was a mess.
My own personal favorite Cher song is the unforgettable Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves.
I tended to do a lot of shows that were ahead of their time and didn't run very long.
Joey being one of my finest performances ever. Matt LeBlanc's basically doing the same thing right now, playing himself on Episodes. When I did Joey, I really leaned on them to make me the biggest ass they possibly could, because, frankly, everyone in their heart of hearts thinks of themselves that way. Or at least I do, anyway.
Rent Control is not a terrible movie, certainly not for the budget they had. And, again, it's such an '80s kind of thing.
In my heart, I've never left Brazil.
I did a couple of little Off-Broadway things, but my first Broadway show was A History Of The American Film, written by Chris Durang. Swoosie Kurtz was one of the stars. It was a wonderful show. It closed in 40 performances. I think it was kind of ahead of its time.
I´m thinking of going into rehab. Im not addicted to anything, but I think its good way to jumpstart an acting career.
I think it was somewhere around age 3 when I fell down the stairs at my house, and I got up and did a Jerry Lewis impression and got a big laugh. And I thought, "Oooh, I like that. I think I need to do this for a living!"
And, you know, when you are a kid, everybody wants to be an actor. I think that everybody wants to be in show business, frankly.
A couple of years ago, I went to see a production of Wicked in San Francisco with a friend of mine, one that Patty Duke was in, and he said, "Do you want to meet her?" And I said, "Yeah!" And I went backstage, and she walked out of her dressing room, looked at me, and said, "I know you." And I went, "Well, uh, yeah, I was in My Sweet Charlie." And she said, "Yeah! You were the guy in the car on the road!" And I was. It was amazing.
Billy Bob Conroy role that was a favor. Actually, the lady who cast Night Court asked me to do it, because it was a Friday, and the person who'd been rehearsing it all week got sick and couldn't come to the taping. And she figured I could put it together pretty quickly - it was not all that big a challenge, frankly - and I said, "Of course." I owed her, after all. Gilda Stratton was her name. She was a really, really nice person. So I did it.
I didn't really watch the show Star Trek. I still haven't seen about 150 of them. So I didn't really think of them too much in terms of episodes. I thought of them as kind of one long seven-year episode.
Any job you can go to and have a laugh everyday has got to be a good job.
I've gotten such good feedback from that re-team with Wil Wheaton for Big Bang Theory appearance, and I hardly did anything.
"Out To Sea" began a relationship I had with Martha Coolidge for a few years that was wonderful, and she certainly cast me in the best roles I've ever had in film.
I did a great show Off-Broadway called Leave It To Beaver Is Dead that was at the Public Theater in New York. It was written by Des McAnuff, who's an illustrious director now, and it starred... Well, I was in it, Mandy Patinkin, Dianne Wiest, Saul Rubinek, and Maury Chaykin. It was an amazing show. But it was definitely ahead of its time, and people didn't quite get it.
I don't read fiction at all.
I mean, I'm the tag of the Big Bang Theory show! That was one of the easiest jobs I've ever had.
Of those, the only one that really stands out for me is Tales From The Darkside, for a couple of reasons, one in particular being who I got to work with on it, which was Eddie Bracken. I mean, what a man. Someone who's done Preston Sturges movies, and I actually got to work with him? And he was great.
Both of the Quaid brothers, Randy and Dennis, were in my class, and Tommy Schlamme, who produced and directed The West Wing with Aaron Sorkin, among many others. Marianne Williamson, who did A Course In Miracles, she was in my high-school drama class, too. So it was kind of an amazing class.
I try not to make plans. Because, even the best laid plans etc. etc.
I think I worked an average of about 10 minutes a day in Big Bang Theory series. It took longer to get to the studio than I actually worked. So I regard the driving there as the actual job. The work itself was just fun.
"The Aviator" came about through John Logan, who I've been friends with for many years.
When I get to work with people I admire, it's such a bonus, so it was an easy sell when I got this phone call asking, 'Will you do this thing with David Strathairn?'" Also, they didn't ask me to audition, which is another bonus. But they said, "All your scenes will be with David," and I said, "I'm there!"
If you look around at the people in show business today they are basically the people who didn't give up.
I think we're all fans, and I understand the whole world of fandom, because I am a fan.
Voice acting is about the easiest thing to do. You roll out of bed, throw your clothes on that you had on the night before, you go into the studio, and nobody cares, just as long as you can speak.
That was a really interesting series Threshold that I think would've been really great had it continued. I know Brannon Braga, who was running the show at the time, had a lot of really interesting ideas for what was going to happen the second, third, fourth, and fifth seasons, and they had it really planned out what was going to go on. But CBS just decided to pull the plug on it.
The one on Fresh Hell is a little easier, because we make it up. It's a strange kind of hybrid of the real me and... Well, obviously it's me standing there, and it's my voice and my face, but it's also kind of filtered through Harry Hannigan's take on the character, the one he's writing.
Timing is everything, as you know.
I really enjoyed Eddie Bracken. He told me a great story. He did The Odd Couple on Broadway, replacing Art Carney, and he said, "Art Carney did it for six months and I did it for three years, and I don't think anyone I've ever spoken to saw me. They all saw Art Carney."
One of the things about working on Star Trek that was always so great was that we all got along as well as we did. We really became family.
Having spent so much time in a fictional world, I prefer to read about the real world.
Basically, my deal is that I choose roles based on three criteria. One is the role, obviously, if it's something that speaks to me. Two is, are they gonna pay me? And three is, who am I gonna work with? And, really, if one of those is there, I'm pretty likely to do it, but it's particularly important to me who I'm going to work with, 'cause that's part of the joy.
John Logan pretty much does the Woody Allen thing of just bringing people in and meeting them.
I went to New York out of college, and in my day, we were told that was the way you became a good actor. You don't go to Hollywood, you go straight to New York and work in the theater. So that's what most of the people I knew did.
I've toyed with this idea of Fresh Hell for a long time. I actually wrote a feature years ago with this sort of concept in mind, and it's gone through several incarnations, and... It wasn't 'til I met Chris Ellis, who directed me in a little thing that was actually for a ride in Universal Singapore, for those of you who happen to be going to Universal Singapore.
I have to say, though, that somebody pointed out to me on YouTube that Conan O'Brien was being interviewed, and he was talking about how, oddly enough, he went to see that movie South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut in Hawaii with his girlfriend or wife or whoever, and he didn't even realize his character was in it. But there he was, and he said, "This voice comes out of me, and I'm thinking, 'That's not me! Who is that? That doesn't even sound like me!'
I know a guy who writes on the show, it was his episode, and he called and said, "Would you do it?" And I said, "Yeah." There's not really much else to tell, except that I was thrilled to be on The Simpsons, because it's one of the greatest series in the history of television.
I love the South Park guys, Trey Parker and Matt Stone. They're geniuses. I throw that word around a lot, but I really do mean it.
I think it's the business part of the word show business that causes me the most concern.
Although I could be wrong. If Roland Emmerich's thinking about doing that at some point, I'd be glad to don the long hair again. But sometimes you can just go a little bit further out with something you're only going to be doing for a short run.
I didn't audition or anything like that. But I went into John Loganhis office... It was his screening room in his office, actually, and I sat and schmoozed with him for about two minutes, which I think is standard, and, y'know, we got on fine.
Dana Carvey is hilarious. He's a really, really funny, talented guy. You know, I can't think of anything I've ever done that I regret doing, and I certainly don't regret doing Master Of Disguise, because I got to hang around Dana.
Certainly I find it most interesting to play a role that I can invent from nothing.
I was, like, "Wow, is this ever going to happen again? Am I ever going to work with another bunch of people I get along with this well?" And then, sure enough, Threshold was just a great bunch of people, and I thought, "Hey, I could hang with these people for a long time!" But, unfortunately, it was 13 episodes and we were out of there.
Martin Scorsese basically works just like any other director. You work the scene, you try to find what's best in it and make it work. That's what it was like.
It's fun to do something different. And there are things you can do in a small palate that you can't necessarily do in a larger role. You can go a little further and do things you could never pull off for any length of time, but you can do for the short run.
I'm an avid biography reader.
I have to go with Data's makeup, because that was basically every day, 10 months out of the year, for seven years. There were only a couple of days that I had to endure for Dr. Soong.
I got to play a funny part in "The Master Of Disguise". There was one thing my character did that involved flatulence and laughing at the same time - that was in the script - and that was basically what sold me on it. I really thought, "This can't help but be funny." And when I saw the film, I was proud that I'd had those moments.
I've played myself before this and I've played myself since, for that matter - and playing yourself one of the most difficult characters you can play, 'cause God knows most of us don't know who that is.
I think there is something like 90% unemployment in the Screen Actors Guild, so we are the exception.
Felicia Day is really figured it all out, and it was impressive. It was nothing like our set, because her set was like working on a real film.
There's such a grand fraternity of actors who've played the Joker, not the least of whom is Mark Hamill, who voiced it for so long and was so great. I did it one time and... I've gotten some feedback on it from people who've seen it and really enjoyed it, but I don't know.
I don't know you could do a whole film about Dr. Okun from Independence Day.
There is no question that everybody who works in show business is lucky because of the number of people who wish they where working in show business.
Needless to say, I was impressed by Felicia Day and her moxie with how to do a web series. I mean, she's the queen of the web.
We started talking about The Searchers, and then he went on to tell me a story about when he first met John Wayne, and he said, "Hey, you be me and I'll be Wayne," and I said, "No, let me be Wayne!" Anyway, it was a very pleasant conversation, it was clear to him that I was a big movie fan, and by the time I got home, there was a phone call, asking if I'd mind doing one scene in the movie "The Aviator".
Pierre could be the best thing I've ever done. When you distill it down to a minute and a half of work, that may be my finest effort.
No, actually I'm trying to stay away from the big screen.
I actually had some funny dialogue in Stardust Memories, a little piece, and we shot all day in this big ballroom. Gordon Willis was the director of photography, and at the end of the day, Gordon turned to Woody Allen and said, "We cannot accomplish all of this in this space. It's impossible." And we'd been rehearsing and trying to shoot this thing all day. So Woody said, "Okay, let's do something else." He looked at me and said, "Come back tomorrow, I'll put you in something else." And he did.
I don't know if the character's come back and it was someone else playing it, or maybe they never did it again. But I loved it. It was a great part to play.
Initially I objected to the Data makeup. I said, "Why do I need this makeup? Why can't I just look like me?" In fact, I said to Gene Roddenberry, "Don't you think that by this time in history, they would've figured out how to make skin look like skin?" And he said, "What makes you think that what you have isn't better than skin?" And I went, "Um, okay."
Yes, Data is hairless but I am not. And we are both anatomically correct.
Voice acting is such an easy job. It's like stealing money, really. Which I'm always happy to do.
John Logan was kind of wrapping up - "Well, thanks for coming in..." - and I thought, "Oh, God, this is over and I'm out of here, and I really don't want to leave."So I said, "Can I ask you a question?" He said, "Sure." "What movie do you think you've seen more than any other movie?" And he said, "Wow, let me think about that. I guess probably The Searchers." And I said, "Well, oddly, that's the movie I've seen more than any other movie." And I wasn't just BS-ing. It's true. It's my favorite movie.
I did have a tiny moment in a TV movie called My Sweet Charlie, starring Patty Duke.
Generally, I have to be able to get the lines out of my mouth without making a mistake before I go to sleep.
Like, she had a caterer, she had wardrobe people, she had two makeup artists... I mean, we have makeup and we have wardrobe, but Felicia Day was, like, on it. She had two cameras operating, sets, extras everywhere. It was unbelievable. I don't know what her budget was or is, but she had sponsors for her show, and we don't have a sponsor yet, so basically, the difference is, our moms make our costumes.
I think everyone agrees First Contact was our best film, and even at that, they're kind of... I don't know, they're sort of movies. But they're kind of really Star Trek movies, if you take my meaning. It's hard for me to say. I was glad to be doing them. Whether they were good isn't really up to me to determine, and it doesn't matter what I think. I thought we had a really nice script on Nemesis, and the audience didn't seem to care for it, so what can you do?
The Dain Curse was a great job. I was in New York, and I was young - I think I'm 28 years old in that - and I got to work with James Coburn and Jean Simmons and Jason Miller. Plus, it was a Dashiell Hammett story, and I had a great character. It was fantastic to shoot.
Acting is acting.
I did learn a lot from Felicia Day, though, and I was able to usurp some of her talent.
I'm, like, y'know, I didn't have a problem doing one scene in Dude, Where's My Car? I'm certainly not going to have a problem doing one scene in a Martin Scorsese movie!
It really was not that difficult a process, because I was playing Data from Star Trek something that doesn't exist. So it was really based on... Imagination was the key element in that, and whatever I could think of, I could do, because there was no precedent for it. It wasn't like someone was going to say, "Well, an android would never do that." They didn't know!
Harry Hannigan and Chris Ellis are sitting there while we're doing Fresh Hell, and Chris is directing, obviously, but if we start fooling around a little bit, Harry comes in, and he's got some addition that makes it even funnier. But we start with a complete script.
I had a fantastic teacher in high school. I had one of those guys you dream of having, who molds your life and inspires you to go in a particular direction, and he was quite brilliant. His name was Cecil Pickett, and a lot of the kids from my high-school drama class are in professional show business and have done quite well.
Can't argue with Gene Roddenberry. He was a pretty brilliant guy.
If I'm not mistaken, I think Data was the comic relief on the show.
So it was a really pleasant surprise when Independence Day turned out to be a successful film. I don't know if you've heard that they're going to be re-releasing it next Fourth of July in 3-D. I've actually only seen it once, and it was in Hawaii, in a little theater in Oahu shortly after it was released. But Roland Emmerich is a really smart guy, and he makes really fun movies to watch.
Hollywood has more than its share of harsh and crewel stories. In fact, it's probably more the norm than the exception.
Dr. Okun. Who's named after a special-effects guy named Jeff Okun, who had done Stargate for Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, who did Independence Day. But "Brakish" just came up one day when Jeff Goldblum and I were improvising, and he told me his character's name and I told him mine.
I think he is an extremely accessible character. In Data there is no potential for cruelty.
I've worked with some great people in Star Trek, and I was paid handsomely, and it was a nice role. So the whole experience was positive for me.
Rick Berman, who produced Star Trek, was a big Night Court fan. So he knew who I was as soon as I walked in.
They were nicely written and nicely directed episodes. I enjoyed working with Scott Bakula. So it was good to do, and, as you said, it did serve to enhance the Soong legacy.
My New Years Resolution is to curb my addiction to social networks. So, I’m going to take a break from this. Will miss you all, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Well...not the Ugly. Happy New Year!!!
Throw off your shackles! I am proud to lead the way in freeing all people to once again utter those two glorious words, “Happy New Year!”
I believe the war on Christmas started with Andy Williams. His version of “Happy Holidays” was pure anarchy. Now, thanks to “you know who”, the war is over. And yet, they continue playing that song. What gives?
Many people have a particularly difficult time during the holidays. Don’t worry, it’s almost over. And a new year is coming, with new possibilities.
But my favorite Christmas movie is John Ford’s “Three Godfathers”.
Is “Love, Actually” the perfect Christmas rom-com, or what?
What would happen if everyone told the truth? Maybe 2018?
Uncanny likeness!
Got to hand it to Sen. Rubio. Getting that child tax credit boosted by $300 means the whole family can now go to the movies and have popcorn!
Because of the disagreement between Sarah Silverman and Brent Bozell, I have decided to change my name. I will now be Levar Spiner.
And in Alabama the tusks are looser!
Congrats to Hamill Himself on the amazing reviews for his new little picture! Can’t wait to see it.
If “The Handmaid’s Tale” doesn’t win the Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series, I’ll know the thing is fixed!
Keaton, I’m not working right now, but if you can get one of your new friends to hire me, you’re definitely invited to the premiere.
So strange. Has there ever been a President who didn’t say, Merry Christmas? What’s the idea here?
Apologies to @akaWorf. I was confusing him with Judi Dench. But then, I always do.
Vote John Leger because...he’s always been nice to me.
Celebrations all over the world today for Michael Dorn’s birthday! Happy 80th, Michael!!!
His...uh...his dentist wrote it.
Thinking of skipping the gym this morning. Be smart. If they say evacuate, do it.
Prediction: Russell Crowe will win his second Oscar playing Steve Bannon.
Reducing the size of two National Parks seems like a good idea, because...uh, yeah...why?
Remember Richard Crenna? Great, underrated actor. Did it all. Comedy, hard hitting drama, westerns, romantic stuff. Really shouldn’t be forgotten.
On Monday, Sarah Sanders “What the President meant was...”.
I don’t know, I’d like to read the whole tax bill before I vote.
Q: Who are the three greatest female tap dancers of all time?
A: Eleanor Powell, Ann Miller, Sarah Huckaby Sanders
So, if that’s true, okay. Congratulations. But, if it’s not, what’s the deal?
It seems, for the first time in a long time, the people of this country are united. And the one thing bringing us together? Elephants.
Whew! Looks like I’m going to get a break on my private plane. It’s been soooo expensive!!!
USPS: What is the last day I can mail elephant trophies and have them arrive by Christmas?
The bad news: Was having an issue with my L.A.Times delivery. The good news: I so rarely have the opportunity to talk to someone in the Philippines.
What could be more reassuring than the leaders of two countries body-shaming each other?
Gets confusing, doesn’t it? Is that the idea?
It’s been pointed out I spelled @rickygervais name wrong. I added an “e” to the end. That’s for “effing” great!
Saw Ricky Gervaise HUMANITY tonight. I’d like to see it again tomorrow. As good as it gets.
I need a Press Secretary to explain what I REALLY mean when I say stupid things.
Something’s going on with T-Mobile. I think they have pennant fever. And, that’s good!
Maybe I'm crazy, but I'm thinking of running for President of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Happy Hold Your Head In The Crook Of Your Arm Day!!!
Thinking about Northern California. No many lives devastated. What a horrible year its been for our world.
"So many lives". Obviously.
I think I invented the word, "I". I may have heard it before, but I don't think so. Not the word, "Eye". Someone else invented that. "I".
Hopefully, we are entering a time when powerful men, in fact all men, will think more than twice about sexually harassing a woman. And stop.
Some players knelt during the Anthem. Kind of surprising. Who knew that would happen. You must've been shocked!
Some of you guys are really creative.
Someone suggested a "Brento Box". I'm on board.
My head is going to be very happy!!!
Idea for a Hallmark movie for me. Old man with low self esteem goes to Hawaii. Surf, sand, fun. Winds up falling in love with himself.
Have a feeling I could be your next Secretary of State. I'm kind of excited.
So much affection for these old, wildly attractive people on the 30th anniversary of TNG. Sincere thanks to all.
Who could've known 30 yrs ago, that I'd be celebrating the anniversary of TNG in Parsippany, N.J.-Miracles can happen!
Does it? Or doesn't it? What's the truth?
When I watch the video of Trump driving a golf ball into Hillary's back, I'm reassured that we have nothing to fear from North Korea.
I failed to mention, proceeds will benefit UNICEF. And hurricane relief.
So much great television on the air. Can't watch it all. So, I just watch one episode of every show.
S.T. Discovery--We know how you feel!!!
Enjoying this new trend in female action hero films. Looking very forward to seeing, "Ther"!
Ok, how about getting big money out of politics? No more SuperPacs, no more billions to elect someone. Maybe on merit, not dollars?
The argument for compulsory voting seems to have gone off the tracks. What about this: If you don't vote, you are put to death.
I know people hate big government, but if jury duty is required by law, why isn't voting?
Eat healthy for a longer life!
I know a lot of people are feeling disgruntled these days. I try to see the bright side. I'm gruntled.
I've lived more years in NY and L.A., but I'll always think of Houston as home.
The Wonder Woman debate is clearly an attempt to distract from the Russia investigation.
Serious question: Why is this a good idea?
That speech was like a kid who's been in the music business for six months doing a "Greatest Hits" CD.
Thinking of doing a Kickstarter for the Secret Service.
Really enjoyed last night's season finale of Game of Thrones. Can't wait till next season!!!
Great. The eclipse is on opposite Kelley and Ryan. Thanks, Obama.
Will they show the eclipse on the same channel the Yule log is on?
Happy Birthday to Jonathan Frakes, my brother from another planet!
Sources say Trump considering replacing Ivanka as First Daughter. Several generals in the running.
Once again, gathering the facts before he speaks.
If Data was human, this is the second thing he'd do.
On Instagram, if you don't ❤️my photo, does that mean you don't like the picture, or you don't like me?
Join me and my friends! BTW, this is what I look like out of make-up.
Great. Now where am I supposed to get a bong when I need it?
This is one day I don't mind being given grief about being a Leftie.
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Is it weird when someone responds to a tweet, and then "likes" their own response?
If all of this tough talk escalates into nuclear war, who, exactly, wins?
Honesty would make people like you more. Try it. See what happens.
Was there a time when this guy made sense? This is absurd.
I think it's Russ Tamblyn day on Twitter. 'Bout time.
Thank you, DT, for pleasant call. Offered me head of Homeland Security. I said, no, not qualified. He said, what difference does that make?
OMG! The President just called again. Said he thinks "Master of Disguise" is a masterpiece. His favorite film. Wow!
Just had a call from the President. Said he's fine with my comments about him. He said it's a good thing to question his moves.
Can we eat a little less meat? It's not that hard.
I'm still kind of miffed about Michelle Obama wearing a sleeveless dress. The noive!!!
I trained this lad not to shake hands.
A woman unfollowed me this morning saying, "You used to be a nice person". So unfair. I was never a nice person.
Kelly made the right call. Mooch adieu about something.
Come together now. Fix Health Care for all Americans.
Bet he can't name ten Presidents.
Maybe Sessions isn't on Twitter. Maybe just talk to him?
Really hoping for McCain to have a Spencer Tracy moment. "No sir, not on your life". And he walks out of the room.
Missed the name of the man who said this. "They don't have Health. They don't have Care. They don't have a Plan." Pretty succinct.
Right. But he looks fine to solve the problems in the Middle East?
You're breaking my heart. Seriously. Pathetic.
When I become President, I will break tradition and hold my Inauguration at San Diego Comic Con. Uuuge crowds.
When I become President, I will fix Healthcare my first day in office. Only I can fix it...Okay, second day.
What if they split it down the middle? You can have choice of Trumpcare or Obamacare. Or would that get in the way of top 1% tax breaks?
Wait, don't tell me. It's okay to change your mind.
Full transparency: since he deleted this, I'm tweeting it again.
Oh well, I tried. Something about walls not working.
Did I bring up "pardon"? Uh...Forgive me, but I think that was you.
Maybe Game of Thrones is doing a whole season of cameos by famous singers? Hope this week it's Tony Bennett.
Recorded History is approximately 5000 years. Before that, you'll have to ask Mel Brooks.
Is it too late for me to be pardoned for some of my acting?
Just looked at the Emmy noms. Wha?! No, Paul Dano "War and Peace? Wha?! No Lily James? Did nobody watch?
For Mar A Lago Week, all Americans are invited to come to Florida and meet the President! First come, first serve! Reserve your rooms now!
The distance between "The buck stops here" and "I'm not going to own it" = The distance between a President and a Pretender.
Very excited about the new female James Bond! Bond, Jane Bond.
Whatever you do, no guest shots for Yakov Smirnoff. He's Putin's puppet.
Surely, they'll need guns, won't they?
So, if the courts order me to do something, I can just say "no"? Whew, that's a load off my mind.
Somebody said something about the election being rigged.
Everybody does it is not really a very good excuse. Ask A- Rod, ask Barry Bonds.
I'm going to imagine your name with a blue check by it.
Dammit man! Some things are worth dying for!
Apparently Donal Logue's daughter has returned home safely. Some truly good news.
Aye, Captain!
Bottom line: If you're going to be fake, at least be funny.
Looking forward to this movie. I love a good puzzle.
Putin denies meddling in the election. Whew, we finally got to the bottom of that!
Check out this opportunity to help out the great Antaeus Theatre. I may buy it myself!
"We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!"
A woman with solid convictions.
I'm confused again. If they are Fake News, and they say you've been doing a great job, then...? Help.
The "P" stands for Protection! Not Profit!
Just a natural occurrence? We have nothing to do with this, right? The health of the planet is our most important challenge.
Getting excited about watching the traditional 4th of July airing of "The Ten Commandments"!
Probably not a good idea if we care about eating, say, fruits and vegetables.
I don't know, I'm thinking it's not infinity. Of course, I could be wrong.
Happy Canada Day!
Never met a Canadian I didn't like!
I'm starting to feel it's too late for me to be in @BabyDriverMovie
Wait. Yesterday, you said we should not watch this show. Today, YOU watch it. What to do? I'm so confused.
I've worked with him. He knows his sh...business.
I was considering it, but now support the campaign of @perlmutations
What a nasty little man.
What does the "P" in EPA stand for?
It's either me or The Pope for Man of the Year.
My New Campaign:
MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN!
Killing it at the convention this weekend.
I'm sort of opposed to dumb people being President.
I like it. Something discreet. Perhaps they could change Main Street to Brent Spiner Way.
Yeah, but none of them had to drive to Santa Monica.
I may as well say it. I want my way.
Abonnieren
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