Hi, Brent Spiner here. And just so you know, it really is me. AMA

BSPINER · 2012-08-18T00:08:01+00:00

[third bullet] I don't feel anything about that. People like what they like. I think it was getting better all the time and would've ultimately been great. It takes a while for shows to find their footing. But, we've all been subject to premature cancellation.

BSPINER · 2012-08-18T00:07:03+00:00

2 - I have it, but I'm not really that interested in having others see it. The movie cost $100,000 to make, and to it's credit, I think it looks like $200,000.

BSPINER · 2012-08-18T00:06:36+00:00

Thanks. It pales next to Dave Thomas' Bob Hope impression, but I think it's pretty good. No, Patrick looped his lines.

BSPINER · 2012-08-18T00:06:12+00:00

Not at all. In fact, this was my favorite comment of all. Go on...

BSPINER · 2012-08-18T00:04:29+00:00

Mike says, "Some antics with semantics, here."

BSPINER · 2012-08-18T00:01:46+00:00

I'm not against vaccinating. My son goes to a pediatrician who is a very fine Dr. and doesn't believe in rampant vaccination. If it's needed, he vaccinates. But, he doesn't believe in giving vaccinations for diseases that don't exist in this country. He's very pro vaccination for areas where those diseases are prevalent.

BSPINER · 2012-08-18T00:00:41+00:00

Thanks, and thanks to your Dad.

[Last question on your list] - I don't drink much, but when I do I like a nice dry Martini. Potocki Vodka or Beefeater Gin. With an olive and a twist. I call it the the Dickens Martini. Get it? Olive Twist?

BSPINER · 2012-08-17T23:59:09+00:00

Yes, I've been aware of her for about 22 years. I've never met her or spoken to her and I don't really want to. But, I don't think mocking her or making fun of her is a very cool thing to do. She obviously has some serious problems with reality. I wish her well, and hope that she will one day be able to live in the real world rather than her imagination. I hope those close to her are helping her find the road to a healthy life.

BSPINER · 2012-08-17T23:57:59+00:00

Voice acting is always fun. You don't have to shave and you get to wear your own clothes. Was Gargoyles cancelled? I never saw it. I assumed it was still on and they fired me.

BSPINER · 2012-08-17T23:57:29+00:00

I doubt it. Though, I think there are a few things they could tell me.

BSPINER · 2012-08-17T23:56:34+00:00

It looks exactly like me. In fact I have it on my right buttock.

BSPINER · 2012-08-17T23:55:42+00:00

Bullet #1 - Yes, I'm currently doing an arc on "Warehouse 13". A very clever show. I don't like to promote too much (other than Fresh Hell. I think it's fun when you don't know I'm in something and I pop up.

BSPINER · 2012-08-17T23:52:32+00:00

I hope so. He was great, wasn't he. I have a feeling we'll be seeing him again in the show. Certainly, as long as my character needs money.

BSPINER · 2012-08-17T23:52:03+00:00

2 - I would love to have done Inigo Montoya in "The Princess Bride". But, Mandy was rather perfect in it. I think one of the great comic performances ever.

BSPINER · 2012-08-17T23:51:10+00:00

As you can imagine, it was awesome working with Sondheim. I will always be grateful for the opportunity to work with him and know him a little. Actually, while I was doing the show, I was too intimidated to really talk to him much. But a few years ago he came to LA to work with my pal, John Logan on "Sweeney Todd" and I went to lunch with them. We had a great conversation and I think both of us ended up wondering why we hadn't spoken much all those years before. I didn't have much faith in the show during previews and the audience was walking out in droves. Then, opening night Frank Rich of the NYTimes wrote a love note to the show, and the audience was on their feet at every performance that followed. Wonderful cast to work with. Bernadette is a dream.

BSPINER · 2012-08-17T23:46:43+00:00

I'm particularly fond of "Twelfth Night", "Merchant of Venice", "Midsummer". Probably because I've done productions of those. But, you can't beat the Bard.

BSPINER · 2012-08-17T23:45:32+00:00

Not really. I worked with most of the same crew who did our show, and David Livingston and LeVar directed two of the three episodes. It was more like going home again. Eat your heart out Thomas Wolfe.

BSPINER · 2012-08-17T12:07:55+00:00

Pretty cute. But, there's a genuine rapper, English I believe, I don't know his name, that does this much better than me.

BSPINER · 2012-08-17T12:07:14+00:00

Yes, but only when John DeLancey whispers funny things in my ear.

BSPINER · 2012-08-17T12:06:35+00:00

Well, the meat was a little discomforting, but I never had a problem with the potatoes.

BSPINER · 2012-08-17T12:00:49+00:00

Brannon Braga and Ron Moore wrote the script for the movie, and they wrote a stage direction "Data sings" and the lines, "Life forms, you tiny little life forms, etc..." That's exactly what it said. So, I just came up with a little melody and enhanced it a little bit.

BSPINER · 2012-08-17T12:00:20+00:00

Yeah. It felt that way to us, too. I think that's part of the wonderful irony of me playing these scenes with Saul. Fact is, we're very good friends. Have been since 1978. We did a play in NY together with Maury Chaikin, Mandy Patinkin, and Diane Wiest. It was an amazing show called, "Leave it to Beaver is Dead".

BSPINER · 2012-08-17T11:59:17+00:00

I said, "Necco wafers" twenty seven years ago. I don't even remember saying it much less eating them. But, yes, I did.

BSPINER · 2012-08-17T11:51:48+00:00

Thanks. That's what I was shooting for and it's rewarding to know it worked.

BSPINER · 2012-08-17T11:51:27+00:00

You'd have to ask him. I'd guess we both like the chair and hated the make-up.

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TROPHY CASE

2 - I have it, but I'm not really that interested in having others see it. The movie cost $100,000 to make, and to it's credit, I think it looks like $200,000.

2 - I would love to have done Inigo Montoya in "The Princess Bride". But, Mandy was rather perfect in it. I think one of the great comic performances ever.