During my time we had two chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, at different times of course, on the bridge, both of whom asked my permission to sit on the captain's chair.

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I began directing episodes, which was a great light every couple of months. We never...

I began directing episodes, which was a great light every couple of months. We never...

Roddenberry had created quite a complex and at times mysterious character. Guarded, cautious, careful in...

Roddenberry had created quite a complex and at times mysterious character. Guarded, cautious, careful in...

I certainly wanted to maintain some sense of mystery about Picard and that's why we...

I certainly wanted to maintain some sense of mystery about Picard and that's why we...

I am told that there have been over the years a number of experiments taking...

I am told that there have been over the years a number of experiments taking...

I wasn't campaigning for a role in a Hollywood television series, it was a fluke....

I wasn't campaigning for a role in a Hollywood television series, it was a fluke....

One of the things that I've come to understand is that as I talk a...

One of the things that I've come to understand is that as I talk a...

Creating a believable world on the ship was very important, and technically they got better...

Creating a believable world on the ship was very important, and technically they got better...

Encouraging people to believe in it was the most important thing of all. It's one...

Encouraging people to believe in it was the most important thing of all. It's one...

We had some very distinguished fans: I know one chancellor of a major university who...

We had some very distinguished fans: I know one chancellor of a major university who...

I wouldn't know a space-time continuum or warp core breach if they got into bed...

I wouldn't know a space-time continuum or warp core breach if they got into bed...

Whenever the lion fish in the fish tank in the captain's ready room died it...

Whenever the lion fish in the fish tank in the captain's ready room died it...

The truth of the matter is, all of those guys on Star Trek: The Next...

The truth of the matter is, all of those guys on Star Trek: The Next...

I don't do impersonations. I can do a wounded elephant! I can do a really...

I don't do impersonations. I can do a wounded elephant! I can do a really...

It still frightens me a little bit to think that so much of my life...

It still frightens me a little bit to think that so much of my life...

It is what you do from now on that will either move our civilization forward...

It is what you do from now on that will either move our civilization forward...

I've met actors where you think, if only you could just clean up your act...

I've met actors where you think, if only you could just clean up your act...

As time went on, I did campaign to lighten the character a little bit, to...

As time went on, I did campaign to lighten the character a little bit, to...

I was brought up in a very poor and very violent household. I spent much...

I was brought up in a very poor and very violent household. I spent much...

I came to feel very, very sentimental about those sets, which is ludicrous, because they...

I came to feel very, very sentimental about those sets, which is ludicrous, because they...

I became a better listener than I ever had been as a result of playing...

I became a better listener than I ever had been as a result of playing...