John de Lancie

“Q is a terrific part.”

“I'd really like to think Picard and Q are each other's Jekyll and Hyde. That's an interesting way to look at their relationship, and it gives you a pretty good idea of who Q is.”

“The part of television I like are things that have a documentary feel to them.”

“Actors need to be known for having done something, because the alternative isn't so good.”

“I really didn't follow Star Trek.”

“I'm not a fan of Fox News. They do more to pervert the truth in this country than most organizations that I know of.”

“The thing about good acting is asking, how much are you going to reveal and when should you let the viewers' imagination take over?”

“When I did 'Farpoint,' I didn't even know I was going to do a second show, and the experience went on for seven years.”

“I have to say as the years have gone on I'm getting a little tired of just Q, because I do a lot of other things.”

“Being idly hanging around, and that's not good for an actor to do.”

“I've always been a Geographic fan, from as early as there was television.”

“I hadn't watched 'Star Trek' when I was a kid.”

“Q was naughty, you know? He's naughty. He's not evil. He's not all good. He's sort of bad. You get to play him the way you role out of bed in the morning.”

“I got a call from my agent saying you have an offer to voice a cartoon by the name of 'My Little Pony.' And that's pretty much what went in my ear. So I asked him the three questions that actors always ask. I need to see the script, when and how much, which were legitimate questions.”

“I'm never what anybody envisions as the prototype of a character. My looks are just odd enough so that I'm just not what people think of.”

“I don't physically enjoy watching TV. I don't enjoy the commercials.”

“You have to risk to get ahead The person whos always hugging the tree trunk and never walking out onto the skinny branches will never succeed. Sometimes you have to walk out onto the skinny branches, and that means having goals, taking a risk.”

“I'm of the opinion that it flies in the face of reason not to believe. The odds are too great against you to not believe that there is some sort of extraterrestrial life out there.”

“Q is one big stew that keeps on boiling.”

“I don't think I will be playing Q again. I could be wrong, but I'm not counting on it. The character has come from the bad boy to being the status quo, really.”