Robert Beltran

“I started researching a little bit, watching 'Next Generation,' 'Deep Space Nine' and even the old 'Star Trek.' Writing is always the crux of any program, and I found the writing on those shows to be of top quality. I knew a lot of the same people were involved in 'Voyager.'”

“I am not the kind of person who lets complete strangers into my world. The more they know about me, the more they are apt to make judgments about something that doesn't concern my performance.”

“Actually, I have no fear of typecasting whatsoever.”

“In 'Julius Caesar,' we are witnesses to the final death throes of the Roman republic.”

“In high school I had done a little theater. It was a place to meet girls.”

“In films everybody gets typecast. You are locked into a certain formula, a certain look.”

“Voyager' shows the reality of the multicultural society we live in.”

“My debut was in 'Romeo and Juliet.' I was a spear carrier.”

“I like the idea that you can have thousands of pieces of music in one little gadget. I used to drive all over the place with thousands of tapes in my back seat. So, yeah, the iPod is really my favorite.”

“I fell asleep at the first 'Star Wars.' The first one that came out and everybody was talking about it... and I just fell asleep. I was not interested at all.”

“In the theater, every play is special.”

“The idea of leaving any species to die in its own filth when you have the ability to help them, just because you wanna let them get through their normal evolutionary processes is bunk - it's a bunch of fascist crap. I much prefer the Cub Scout motto.”

“I hope Chakotay can be a strong warrior-philosopher. An aspect I'm also going to try to bring to the character is spirituality, which is a very strong part of any indigenous American culture. We believe there is a larger intelligence that shapes things in spite of our humanness.”

“I would love a Holodeck. Do you know how many great Super Bowls I could play as the quarterback and win? How many World Series games I could play? The Holodeck would be a lot of fun.”