Violence against women is the single greatest human rights violation of our generation.
Patrick StewartAnd from the first moment that I ever walked on stage in front of a darkened auditorium with a couple of hundred people sitting there, I was never afraid, I was never fearful, I didn't suffer from stage fright, because I felt so safe on that stage. I wasn't Patrick Stewart, I wasn't in the environment that frightened me, I was pretending to be someone else, and I liked the other people I pretended to be. So I felt nothing but security for being on stage. And I think that's what drew me to this strange job of playing make-believe.
Patrick StewartI've often reflected on this in the past weeks as I've been following the presidential campaign: Very often, I thought it would have been great for both of these guys to sit down and be force-fed a couple of dozen episodes of Star Trek.
Patrick StewartIt still frightens me a little bit to think that so much of my life was totally devoted to Star Trek and almost nothing else.
Patrick StewartHaving spent so much of my life with Shakespeareโs world, passions and ideas in my head and in my mouth, he feels like a friendโsomeone who just went out of the room to get another bottle of wine.
Patrick StewartComedy today is not what it was years ago. It's always changing, in particular to female comics. No longer are certain subjects considered to be a male preserve. Women can talk about sexuality and their bodily functions and it can be very, very entertaining. It's changed the impact of comedy acting.
Patrick Stewart