Jonathan Frakes Quotes
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.
Quotes to Explore
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Art should be an oasis: a place or refuge from the hardness of life.
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Eating local is a relatively new concept in American dining; for the Italians, it's a way of life.
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Growing up on a farm was the best. I remember loving that expanse of space. The sky at night was so clear, I could see every star.
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The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.
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I was always a real athletic kid. Then when I got older, I just figured it was part of life to keep training.
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I really feel that the best actors out there are very centric. They're really connected. They're not in a, 'What about me' state, and I think that's a good lesson in life.
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The key is that I'm trying to keep growing and trying to keep learning and deepen my connection in every way, in my life, in my work. That's what I do when I look at a role.
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Laughter is the valve on the pressure cooker of life. Either you laugh and suffer, or you got your beans or brains on the ceiling.
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I'm never in my life going to do a record that's a tribute to myself. I don't need it.
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I feel like somehow I'm living my life mentally in reverse. It's taken me to my 30s to feel relaxed and comfortable in my skin. I think I'm going to be dancing on tables when I'm 50. I really hope I am.
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I try to find a reason to laugh each day. Somehow, if you can incorporate laughter into your day, every day, it really helps. It's the little things in life that make me happy.
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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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The more determinedly I exist, as myself, within the conditions of the time, the more clearly I shall hear the language of the past, the nearer I shall feel the glow of its life.
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The biggest things in life are not materials.
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The question of likability is a bit of a puzzler for me. You know, I don't write people with likability in mind. It's more whether or not I find them compelling.
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New experiences give you new perspectives on life.
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It's not just in Hollywood that women run the risk of being passed by once they reach 50. It happens in real life, too.
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It was the highlight of my life being in the Mae West show, because I saw and did things I never had before.
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My own mother was a housewife all her life. And yet it's turned out that I've hired a lot of women for top jobs, and they've been among my best people. Often, in fact, they are far more effective than the men around them.
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I think that, as African-Americans, oftentimes we have to put ourselves on pedestals as opposed to really looking at ourselves and trying to understand ourselves and become better people. We always have to be on pedestals.
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I really, sincerely and honestly, do the best that I can.
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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.
