I love playing Blair Cramer, and I'm thrilled to see what more they have in store for her. After playing this role for so many years, I still feel like there is so much about her that is still untold.
'Star Trek' is still my signature role because once you do a 'Star Trek' series, it's never really out of the marketplace.
I don't think I could last in anything for 10 years doing a character.
Character roles definitely age better than your ingenues. You don't get to keep doing that.
Six years is a long time to play the same characters on the same show.
To be honest, and I may regret saying this, the idea of playing the same character for a very long time is very daunting to me.
If you're lucky enough to get to play a character for a long time, it's life-changing.
Nobody wants to play - I've talked to Brent Spiner about this. You don't want to play a character indefinitely who's not supposed to age.
It wasn't sexual in its element. I wasn't being exploited. I was doing what happened. It was very challenging because I played Phyllis from 15 years old to 53 when she died of breast cancer.
You know, it's scary when you sign onto a pilot of a series because, as much as you want the series to go, you also want it to be a character that you'd be interested in playing for a long time.
I'd never thought much about a series, because I liked the idea of picking a script I liked with a character I thought I could sustain for an hour. In a series, you live with one character day in and day out - and you only hope it will be one that will not drive you crazy.
For some reason, the parts I play, like Boromir or Ned Stark, have a life online long afterwards. I keep seeing - what do you call them - memes?
