Robert Picardo Quotes

Robert Picardo

Profession : Actor

Birth : October 27, 1953

I love to play humorous moments in dramatic shows. That's always the most fun: to keep the logic of the character in a show that's basically action-adventure and then play the comedy moments.

Robert Picardo

I could not play a straight-ahead courageous hero. It's not what I do.

Robert Picardo

'Star Trek' tends to take itself a little too seriously. They were either very dramatic shows, or if we did a humorous show, it was always a little like, 'Oh, we're doing humor on 'Star Trek,'' especially on the original series.

Robert Picardo

'Star Trek' is still my signature role because once you do a 'Star Trek' series, it's never really out of the marketplace.

Robert Picardo

I think I've been pretty fortunate.

Robert Picardo

After 'Star Trek,' I was the commander on 'Stargate Atlantis,' the final season, and once my character had become a good commander, I was sorry that the show didn't last beyond that.

Robert Picardo

Sometimes I have little movies that I've made that I wish would be seen by a larger audience. I have a horror movie called 'Sensored' which I'm very creepy and disgusting in, and then I have a family drama called 'The Legends of Nethiah' which has a science-fiction B-story.

Robert Picardo

Most of my major roles have been to play characters that the audience does not initially like or warm up to and then they grow to like in spite of that.

Robert Picardo

It was hard to make a living as an actor in New York if you did not do soap operas or commercials.

Robert Picardo

It's nice to have a signature role.

Robert Picardo

No one likes to think of themselves as a one-trick pony as an actor, but on the other hand, it's nice to be part of something that has an international popularity, that is seen literally everywhere in the world and stays in the marketplace forever.

Robert Picardo

No one can replace Amanda Tapping.

Robert Picardo

You play a hologram on 'Star Trek,' and you have to spew line after line. I spoke in paragraphs on 'Star Trek.'

Robert Picardo

My favorite thing that I can do with my iPhone is dictate a letter.

Robert Picardo

I like some science in my science fiction.

Robert Picardo

I don't get 'Star Wars.' I just don't.

Robert Picardo