I don't really think of Odo as a heroic lead, but that's nice if you do.

I just wait for something to present itself, and then I consider it.

I would hardly call myself an artist in that sense; I doodle, I draw, I'm not a trained artist, I couldn't sit down and do an accurate portrait of anyone.

I came out of repertory theater, where I worked 50 weeks a year, and I loved working with the people.

They've got to deliver twenty-six episodes a season and they're not going to beat their heads up against a wall if they feel something didn't, like, pan out the way they had hoped.

I really do the conventions now for two reasons.

If you do your job properly you usually learn a lot from any role you do.

I worked with my son when he was much younger; we did L.A. Law together, where I played his father and he played a kid who was suing his father for alienation of affection or something. It was great.

It always takes awhile to find out who the characters are.

And so I've always been fascinated by the technical end of theater, and a lot of my closest friends are not actors, but in the other end of the business.

I'm never going to retire.

The best scene is the last great scene I did.

The mask of the character was already written into the show, but I actually lobbied for a denser and more complete mask than they initially considered.

At this point we've answered about every question you could possibly imagine about Deep Space Nine, so we do this thing called Theatrical Jazz, where we do a show of bits and pieces of things from plays and literature, poetry... stuff that we like. It's fun.

And my father, being a good Swiss puritan, always really insisted that if I was going to be an actor, I shouldn't just be an actor, I should know about the whole process.

I did a voice for Odo, but people don't recognize you by your voice.

My daughter is here in town doing a play, and her dog is staying with us. We live up in the hills, so he has access to thousands of acres of wilderness.

How many times can you put together 26 different stories without running out?

I don't really think of Odo as a heroic lead, but that's nice if you do.

I love the fact that it's not only about Star Trek, but about science fiction in general, and science.

I am wholesome.

Like hunger or thirst, the instinct for balance is built into the human body.

Im not confused Im just well mixed.

I've learned that I have to be happy with creating discussion and debate and that I shouldn't be trying to write a book that appeals to the consensus.

Love is the bridge between two hearts.

All the world loves a young emerging artist, and sometimes it seems that all the world wants to be one - on a bad, gloomy planet, to be colourful and creative seems so promising.

Giving up doesnt always mean you are weak. Sometimes it just means youre strong enough to let go.

I started cooking seven years ago for real, and I started with pasta, and lasagna and roast chicken. Very normal American dishes. When I turned on Food Network, or any sort of cooking channel, that's what people were making. So that's where your education comes from.

Well I am afraid that I am going to die, because I have just put a down payment on a house.

I believe that the development of language - of naming, categorization, conceptualization - destroys our ability to see as we age.

At some point he seemed to lose all confidence trying to break down the Berlin Wall. He was still fighting as only Kasparov can, but I could see it in his eyes that he knew he wasn't going to win one of these games.

I'm very lucky because I love fruit and to this day, that has saved me because I'd much rather have fruit than cookies.

Never accept your limitations - because there are no limitations.

Hungary was the only Central European country that was not able to create a new constitution after the collapse of the communist regime.

The most important thing is that you treat everybody incredibly well and lead with a bit of humility. I've found that when I go into a company to lead, it's important to have a plan and to make that plan a simple one that everybody can understand.

There are two births: the one when light, First strikes the new awakened sense; The other when two souls unite, And we must count our life from thence, When you loved me and I loved you, Then both of us were born anew.

What gets lost is that the Republican Party has always been the party of civil rights and voting rights.

I went to school to study literature and writing, even though I didn't end up really doing that in the end.

Fate is like a strange unpopular restaurant filled with odd waiters who bring you things you never asked for and dont always like.

I passed up a lot of work 'cause a lot of movies that may be out there right now I passed em up because there may have been a lot of cussin' in 'em.

I belong to the political party that generally fits my philosophical beliefs, but I reserve the right to vote my conscience after careful deliberation. My voting record reflects this.

To be able to work with people who I have respected and admired, to be a part of something like the Cannes Film Festival, is surreal and brilliant.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.

People saw me as being heroic, but I was no more heroic than I was with other injuries I had, like the lacerated kidney I suffered during the 1990 World Series. It's just that people haven't known anyone with a lacerated kidney, but everyone can relate to someone with cancer.