Robert Picardo
Robert Picardo

We were second-generation immigrants, and it was luxury enough to go to college. The luxury of the arts was still a generation away.

Robert Picardo
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
Robert Picardo

Even though my face has gotten more familiar with doing 'China Beach' and 'The Wonder Years,' I'm the kind of actor that people thought, 'Gee, that guy looks familiar. He must have put my storm windows in. He works at my bank or something.'

Robert Picardo
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
Robert Picardo

Jerry Goldsmith's 'Voyager' theme is a brilliant reworking of the original material.

Robert Picardo
Robert Picardo

I'm not a futurist, and my taste in science fiction was sort of in the gothic horror vein, not space movies and futuristic stuff.

Robert Picardo
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
Robert Picardo

My family was pretty solidly middle-class. We had a furniture store out near Connie Mack Stadium, and when Dad died, my mom took it over.

Robert Picardo
Robert Picardo

The fact that we were encouraged to follow our conscience and not to follow the crowds - that's something I really miss. On the other hand, there were things that drove me nuts in the '60s. There was an aspect of the hippie movement that everyone is an artist, which is lethal.

Robert Picardo
Robert Picardo

People admire a screen actor if they have theatre skills, but it's looked down upon by the industry as being not a 'real job,' in the way it isn't in New York or the U.K.

Robert Picardo
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
Robert Picardo

Science fiction's been good to me. The fans are the most loyal fans in the world.

Robert Picardo
Robert Picardo

I've always had a particular affinity for father-son dramas.

Robert Picardo
Robert Picardo

What's wonderful about 'Star Trek' having been rebooted so successfully by the J. J. Abrams movie franchise is that - the corollary effect is that it creates a new generation of fans, and they're interested in all of it. They don't just sit around and wait for the next movie to come out; they'll go back and re-examine episodes.

Robert Picardo
Robert Picardo

Doing 'Star Trek,' I got to learn about it from the inside out. I got to learn what appealed to them, why sci-fi meant so much to people, why 'Star Trek' meant so much to people.

Robert Picardo
Robert Picardo

I'll never forget my first moment of looking out on a convention audience with my mouth open like they were kidding me.

Robert Picardo
Robert Picardo

Why wouldn't I like to walk into a room full of people who are dying to hear everything I say?

Robert Picardo
Robert Picardo

'Star Trek' posited a better future.

Robert Picardo
Robert Picardo

I'm not really shy.

Robert Picardo
Robert Picardo

My agent loves me.