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" Working with J. J. Abrams would be absolutely great. "

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" I think there's something inherently interesting in the Monday morning quarterback: the guy who, you know, sits at one end of the briefing room and tells everyone what they should've done and how they've screwed up. "

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

" People admire a screen actor if they have theatre skills, but it's looked down upon by the industry as being not a 'real job,' in the way it isn't in New York or the U.K. "

" I love to play humorous moments in dramatic shows. That's always the most fun: to keep the logic of the character in a show that's basically action-adventure and then play the comedy moments. "

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" It's nice to have a signature role. "

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

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

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

" 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! "

" 'Star Trek' tends to take itself a little too seriously. They were either very dramatic shows, or if we did a humorous show, it was always a little like, 'Oh, we're doing humor on 'Star Trek,'' especially on the original series. "

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