A biography for John de Lanciehasn’t been written yet.
“Before television, there was a piano in many homes in this country. People played instruments on an amateur level and because of that, they became informed amateurs. We've lost that.”
“Our world has us always here. We will be here from now 'til the end of time... maybe not! And that's the scary part!”
“It's great fun to have the license to say damn near anything you want, short of being offensive.”
“When I did finally get to the circus as an adult, I was very impressed by the trapeze artist. But, being 6 feet 3 inches and over 200 pounds, there was no way I could do a trapeze act. If I fell I'd take the catcher with me.”
“A lot of the time you find that elements of a character are brought out by the actors playing them.”
“'Petrushka' was not conceived as a children's ballet, even though it involves puppets. We're on the outer limits of what's child-appropriate here.”
“Star Trek' ushered in the end of the Westerns. Then the canvas switched to the sci-fi canvas.”
“The problem with Alien Voices 'was we had four really terrific years. And then it began to be about selling: Simon & Schuster wanted whatever, 40,000 units sold a year.'”
“Almost everywhere in the world you go, people will come up and say, "Oh my God, you're from 'Star Trek.'"”
“I watch all of the Q episodes. I just don't remember them after I've turned off the television.”
“I don't know how to carry a tune.”
“I kind of pride myself in the fact that when people hire me it's always considered creative casting.”
“I mean, an actor's got to be known for something. Typecasting is an unfortunate kind of reflex punishment for having done a good job. But what's the alternative? To not do a good job?”
“If a person says they're an athlete but they don't compete in sports, then you wonder if they're really an athlete. It's the same with acting. There are lots of people who call themselves actors but never act.”
“It's not like I go around trying to imprint all the characters I play with Q.”
“The best movie for me is a science fiction movie, the best books for me are science fiction books. I love this stuff.”
“I can only do Q when they ask me.”
“'War of the Worlds' was a goof delivered as news bulletins. It was the beginning of an erosion that now has us in trouble. We just don't know where to get the truth. It was a piece made 56 years ago with all good intentions that still abused the public's trust. It was that little marble, that little push, and now no one trusts the media.”
“I usually play the sort of hard-boiled guy who is forcing situations - I'm not usually playing the person in reaction.”
“I live in such a free-lance world and I've done 'Trek' so infrequently, when you really think about it, that continuity really isn't an issue to me. I live in a much more undetermined, gypsylike world.”