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" Sometimes I have little movies that I've made that I wish would be seen by a larger audience. I have a horror movie called 'Sensored' which I'm very creepy and disgusting in, and then I have a family drama called 'The Legends of Nethiah' which has a science-fiction B-story. "

Robert Picardo

Wish

Movies

Horror

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" Science fiction's been good to me. The fans are the most loyal fans in the world. "

" We were second-generation immigrants, and it was luxury enough to go to college. The luxury of the arts was still a generation away. "

Robert Picardo

Enough

Luxury

" I have played some wonderful leading roles on stage and had the whole 'China Beach' years where I really played a leading man on that. That was a fun change for a character actor. But I'm perfectly happy going back to building my gallery of memorable character roles. "

" I was part of the generation that was supposed to become doctors. "

" No one likes to think of themselves as a one-trick pony as an actor, but on the other hand, it's nice to be part of something that has an international popularity, that is seen literally everywhere in the world and stays in the marketplace forever. "

" I don't get 'Star Wars.' I just don't. "

" Even though my face has gotten more familiar with doing 'China Beach' and 'The Wonder Years,' I'm the kind of actor that people thought, 'Gee, that guy looks familiar. He must have put my storm windows in. He works at my bank or something.' "

" Science fiction fans are great, but they just aren't the same as groupies. "

" I'll never forget my first moment of looking out on a convention audience with my mouth open like they were kidding me. "

Robert Picardo

Moment

Mouth

" Being on 'Star Trek,' you have a funny relationship with fame. "

" Why wouldn't I like to walk into a room full of people who are dying to hear everything I say? "

Robert Picardo

People

Why

" For me, the ideal job as an actor would be something that is intrinsically a drama but to which I could bring in as much humor as possible. "

Robert Picardo

Job

Possible

" I really used my own imagination a lot and made a number of suggestions during my tenure on 'Star Trek.' "

" My favorite thing that I can do with my iPhone is dictate a letter. "

" The fact that we were encouraged to follow our conscience and not to follow the crowds - that's something I really miss. On the other hand, there were things that drove me nuts in the '60s. There was an aspect of the hippie movement that everyone is an artist, which is lethal. "

Robert Picardo

Artist

" I can walk down the street, and 85 percent of the people on the block are really quite oblivious to me. They either think I'm probably an actor or else I installed their storm windows two years ago, or I work at their bank, or maybe I'm their cousin Marie's gynecologist. Then, to the other 15 percent of those people on the street, I'm a rock star. "

Robert Picardo

Think

Work

" You play a hologram on 'Star Trek,' and you have to spew line after line. I spoke in paragraphs on 'Star Trek.' "

" As an actor, you're never supposed to complain about being too busy because it can go the other way real fast. "

" No one can replace Amanda Tapping. "

" I could not play a straight-ahead courageous hero. It's not what I do. "

" I'm not a futurist, and my taste in science fiction was sort of in the gothic horror vein, not space movies and futuristic stuff. "

" The best way to tell an actor he's going to be working more and much harder is to appeal to his ego. "

" Jerry Goldsmith's 'Voyager' theme is a brilliant reworking of the original material. "

" I like some science in my science fiction. "

" My family was pretty solidly middle-class. We had a furniture store out near Connie Mack Stadium, and when Dad died, my mom took it over. "

" After 'Star Trek,' I was the commander on 'Stargate Atlantis,' the final season, and once my character had become a good commander, I was sorry that the show didn't last beyond that. "

" I'm not really shy. "

Robert Picardo

Really

Shy

" My agent loves me. "

Robert Picardo

Agent

Loves

" 'Star Trek' is still my signature role because once you do a 'Star Trek' series, it's never really out of the marketplace. "

" For two consecutive Broadway seasons, I had probably the best juvenile roles there were for an actor. Then I moved to California to recreate my role in the film version of 'Tribute.' I started working in film and television after that, and 38 years blew by! "