Jonathan Frakes Quotes

Someone once said "Don't try to be a great man. Just be a man, and let history make its own judgements."

I always enjoyed going into the holodeck.

I think that I've been pigeon-holed by virtue of the fact that I've spent so much time in front of a green screen.

I think, unfortunately or fortunately, the reality of Hollywood is that if your movie makes money, they'll make another one.

One of my philosophies as a director is to listen to other people's great ideas because they'll help make you better.

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

If the prime directives were followed a little more accurately here on earth, I mean it sounds somewhat Pollyanna, but I think people would certainly get along better.

I don't think you ever leave Star Trek for good.

I think I'm a better director than I ever was an actor. I'd love to go back to acting, but nobody seems to want me.

I'm sort of in for a penny, in for a pound with Star Trek, It's my life at this point. To deny it would just be foolish.

I've always thought that we, as human beings, would be naive and arrogant to pretend that we're the only life form in the galaxy.

I like contemporary American literature and I like biographies and I like jazz and I like baseball and I like writers who write about the human condition and sci-fi is just something that I happened into.

No, the type-casting didn't happen until after Star Trek. I don't think that you get typecast until you've been cast!

I think, frankly, that I'm a better director than I was an actor.

Don't get me wrong-I'm very thankful for all the aliens I've met and loved.