"I think he is an extremely accessible character. In Data there is no potential for cruelty."

"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."

"People think that being on Star Trek is career suicide, but it's really just the opposite."

"I don't read Science Fiction."

"If you look around at the people in show business today they are basically the people who didn't give up."

"I'm an avid biography reader."

"I don't read fiction at all."

"Acting is acting."

"Radical surgery is never fun."

"Having spent so much time in a fictional world, I prefer to read about the real world."

"My own personal favorite Cher song is the unforgettable Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves."

"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."

"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."

"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!"

"I think it's the business part of the word show business that causes me the most concern."