56 Quotes by John de Lancie

No technology comes close to the effect of a live symphony orchestra.

I don't think I will be playing Q again. I could be wrong, but I'm not counting on it. The character has come from the bad boy to being the status quo, really.

'War of the Worlds' was a goof delivered as news bulletins. It was the beginning of an erosion that now has us in trouble. We just don't know where to get the truth. It was a piece made 56 years ago with all good intentions that still abused the public's trust. It was that little marble, that little push, and now no one trusts the media.

It was fans... who understood 'Star Trek' and brought it back to life. 'Hill Street Blues,' 'The Paper Chase,' and 'Til Fly Away' all got second chances... So did 'Gunsmoke' and 'Cheers.' It's very hard to change a network's mind, but it can be done.

I was raised on the classics - Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, and others.

I don't physically enjoy watching TV. I don't enjoy the commercials.

Star Trek' ushered in the end of the Westerns. Then the canvas switched to the sci-fi canvas.

Q was naughty, you know? He's naughty. He's not evil. He's not all good. He's sort of bad. You get to play him the way you role out of bed in the morning.

I hadn't watched 'Star Trek' when I was a kid.