Patrick Stewart Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I came to feel very, very sentimental about those sets, which is ludicrous, because they represent everything which is transitory and insubstantial. It's absurd that one should feel sentimental about timber and canvas.”

“Wouldn't it be grand if we thought that theater could have that impact on the political life of a country?”

“We had some very distinguished fans: I know one chancellor of a major university who used to schedule his meetings around Star Trek. We were thrilled to discover that Frank Sinatra was a big fan.”

“Creating a believable world on the ship was very important, and technically they got better and better and better at showing the ship too.”

“For seven years I did very little theatre, and I have to make up some time.”

“I think I came back from America a funnier and nicer person than I went.”

“I became a better listener than I ever had been as a result of playing Jean Luc Picard because it was one of the things that he does terrifically well.”

“You get all of your neuroses worked out on stage. I haven't actually played very many nice characters, certainly not on stage. It's not a quality that attracts me.”

“I began directing episodes, which was a great light every couple of months. We never short-changed our audience, but it became something that you had to work at rather than something that was a pleasure.”

“It wasn't until the first season ended that I went to my first Star Trek convention. It was in Denver. There were two and a half thousand people there.”