Stephen Collins Quotes

I've loved doing 'E.R.' for the quality of the writing and the great people I get to work with.

I have the same criteria for choosing roles as I have always had: fantastic writing and complicated characters.

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

Every actor just wants good writing.

Well, it was very interesting to play a character and stretch it over such a long time - 12 episodes. I had never done a TV show before, so week to week it was unclear what we would be asked to do.

I can't deal with the ears in 'Star Trek.' I only saw the first 'Star Wars' movie, and I don't think I saw an entire 'Star Trek' TV show, and I certainly didn't see the movie. I like 'Andy Griffith' and 'Deadwood.'

When you see something that is well-written, the actors can get behind it.

That's why, when Alias came along, I knew I'd be OK if the show was on for five or six years because the writing was so good and the creative team was so strong.

I had never seen much of Star Trek, or any other science fiction, before I was cast. But Seven's wonderful.

Yes - 90% of fantasy is crap. And so is 90% of science fiction and 90% of mystery fiction and 90% of literary fiction.

I don't mind playing the same character, but if it's not well done, then I'm not interested.

I've been a huge fan of virtually every incarnation and spin-off of the 'Star Trek' franchise (don't get me started on 'Voyager,' though), but there's something about the purity of the original series that really appeals to me.

I spent years doing 'Star Trek' bits and things, and a lot of people loved it, a lot of people mocked it.

I admired shows like 'Six Feet Under.' That was an amazing show. Never boring, always inventive, smart. Loved the characters. Completely original. Those are shows that I admire.

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

I think Star Trek has been very double-edged for all of us - as actors, writers, directors.

If it's an excellent script, I enjoy it tremendously, the acting part of it.

Without great writing, you've got a bunch of actors bumping into each other.

With movies, it's 10 or 12 or sometimes even 24 weeks, if it's a massive movie, to live within a character. But with a show that's successful, if you start in the first or second season and go until the end, you're always finding new elements of your character that are being added in because you start to live in them as human beings.

Actually, my favourite roles have been in theatre, but on TV, my faves were Slap Maxwell and Larry Sanders.

I love the characters I've had the opportunity to play.

Lots of things are hard work, but I think writing, for me, after I started acting at 13 years old. I like writing now much more than I do acting only because, well, partly because the scripts that are offered are junk.

Dialogue is something I don't get a lot of on 'Game of Thrones.'

May the Force be with J.J. I think he'll reinvent 'Star Wars,' like he did with 'Star Trek.'

'The Leftovers' is my favorite job I've ever had in my life, anywhere, ever. It is one of the greatest TV shows ever made.