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

Yes, Data is hairless but I am not. And we are both anatomically correct.

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

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

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 don`t read fiction at all.

If you look around at the people in show business today they are basically the people who didn`t give up.

If I`m not mistaken, I think Data was the comic relief on the show.

I don`t think I should play Data anymore. I think I`m too old to play him anymore to be honest. I think it would look stupid putting that make-up on me at this point. There certain characters that I think work in a youthful way and I think I really skated along the edge in the last couple movies as it was. (Sept/12/2006)

Acting is acting.

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

Radical surgery is never fun.

I don`t read Science Fiction.

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.

I`m an avid biography reader.

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.

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

[On his Lt. Cmdr. Data action figure] "At first, I was reluctant. But then I figured, if it`s good enough for Alec Guinness, then it`s good enough for me".