Top 37 Spiner's Quotes
#1. If you look around at the people in show business today they are basically the people who didn't give up.
Brent Spiner
#2. The opposite of creativity is compliance to external imposition, having for one reason or another to bend to the will of another.
Keith Oatley
#3. 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.
Brent Spiner
#5. Yes, Data is hairless but I am not. And we are both anatomically correct.
Brent Spiner
#6. What anyone thinks of you is none of your business.
Cat Cohen
#7. And the basic sort of thrust of Star Trek being about equality and tolerance and things I believe in deeply.
Brent Spiner
#8. People think that being on Star Trek is career suicide, but it's really just the opposite.
Brent Spiner
#9. I try not to make plans. Because, even the best laid plans etc. etc.
Brent Spiner
#10. I think he is an extremely accessible character. In Data there is no potential for cruelty.
Brent Spiner
#11. Hollywood has more than its share of harsh and crewel stories. In fact, it's probably more the norm than the exception.
Brent Spiner
#12. One of the reasons I'm so competitive - I mean, I'm not winning much anymore - at my age was because I always worked hard and because we have a level playing field. We don't have motorbikes in the peloton anymore.
Jens Voigt
#13. No, actually I'm trying to stay away from the big screen.
Brent Spiner
#14. I think there is something like 90% unemployment in the Screen Actors Guild, so we are the exception.
Brent Spiner
#15. I love jazz and pop rock and country. I grew up listening to Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Def Leppard, AC/DC, Anne Murray - if I hear something really great ... I want to be a part of it.
Natalie MacMaster
#17. Certainly I find it most interesting to play a role that I can invent from nothing.
Brent Spiner
#18. The only marketers who know what the hell they're doing are those who have worked in sales
David Ogilvy
#19. Having spent so much time in a fictional world, I prefer to read about the real world.
Brent Spiner
#20. 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!
Brent Spiner
#21. 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!
Brent Spiner
#22. 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.
Brent Spiner
#25. In Venice in the Middle Ages there was once a profession for a man called a codega
a fellow you hired to walk in front of you at night with a lit lantern, showing you the way, scaring off thieves and demons, bringing you confidence and protection through the dark streets.
Elizabeth Gilbert
#26. Generally, I have to be able to get the lines out of my mouth without making a mistake before I go to sleep.
Brent Spiner
#27. 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.
Brent Spiner
#28. Any job you can go to and have a laugh everyday has got to be a good job.
Brent Spiner
#29. Im thinking of going into rehab. Im not addicted to anything, but I think its good way to jumpstart an acting career.
Brent Spiner
#30. My own personal favorite Cher song is the unforgettable Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves.
Brent Spiner
#32. I very much like Kenya. It's hard to beat the Masai Mara and the idea of ballooning across it. I have a great time at Lewa. There's more rhinos than you'll find anywhere. A great part for the children is you can ride horses with the giraffes and the zebra.
Mark Burnett
#33. If I'm not mistaken, I think Data was the comic relief on the show.
Brent Spiner
#35. 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.
Brent Spiner
#37. I think it's the business part of the word show business that causes me the most concern.
Brent Spiner
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