Jonathan Frakes Quotes

Star Trek is perhaps the best thing that ever happened to me, in a career sense.

I've played four roles on 'Star Trek.' My favorite episode was 'The Visitor' on 'Deep Space Nine.'

I started watching 'Star Trek' as a kid.

Well, the whole history of Star Trek is the market demand.

Of course, I have Gene Roddenberry to thank for the creation of Barclay.

I fell in love with 'Star Trek' after J. J. Abrams's movie. I'm so into that.

I never watched 'Star Trek.'

'Star Trek' was inspiring to me.

'Doctor Who' is part of my science fictional DNA. You could take it out of me, and I'd probably still have ended up being a writer, but almost certainly not the same one.

I really used my own imagination a lot and made a number of suggestions during my tenure on 'Star Trek.'

Doing 'Star Trek,' I got to learn about it from the inside out. I got to learn what appealed to them, why sci-fi meant so much to people, why 'Star Trek' meant so much to people.

I love science fiction.

When I was involved with 'Star Wars,' I was very interested in all the backstories, and I used to pepper George with all kinds of questions about anything that crossed my mind, because I was very, very into it. But when the job came to an end, I had to move on.

My passion for 'Star Trek' is actually rooted in my love of television and the art of franchise and a premise designed to stick people together that have to figure out what to do.

There are some 'Star Treks' I love, and there are some I don't love.

Hollywood's like a warehouse. It's just a place that you go. What's interesting in the warehouse has to do with the creative people.

We're huge fans of 'Game of Thrones' for example, 'Orphan Black.' And even though those shows don't necessarily correlate directly with 'Arrow,' I'm a very big believer that writers are the product of their inspirations.

When I was a teenager, I got into SF, quite heavily, and that too has had a major impact on my writing.

I love science fiction.

What irritates me about sci-fi is that it got hijacked by video games and also became so high-concept it was all about ideas and gadgets and technology and nothing about the human experience.

After 'Star Trek,' I was the commander on 'Stargate Atlantis,' the final season, and once my character had become a good commander, I was sorry that the show didn't last beyond that.

Aren't we all 'Star Trek' fans? That's the show that captured our imaginations after cartoons and everything!

You could argue that 'Game of Thrones' has been around longer than 'Westworld,' but honestly, either one - I don't have a side or anything - I love them both equally.

You can't escape 'Star Trek' influence, especially characters you literally grew up with.

I used to watch 'Star Trek' on weeknights as a kid while I did my homework for school.