Patrick Stewart Quotes

A collection of quotes by Patrick Stewart.

Sir Patrick Stewart is a British actor, widely known for his portrayal of Jean-Luc Picard in the television series "Star Trek: The Next Generation." Born on July 13, 1940, in Yorkshire, England, Stewart began his acting career in the theater and later transitioned to film and television. He has received numerous accolades for his performances, including a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award. Alongside his iconic role in "Star Trek," Stewart is recognized for his portrayal of Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men film series. He is also a strong advocate for human rights and has been knighted for his services to drama.

The truth of the matter is, all of those guys on Star Trek:

The truth of the matter is, all of those guys on Star Trek: The Next Generation actually want to be me. These impersonations they do are just some way of trying to feel what it must be like to be me. And I understand that! Because it feels really good to be Patrick Stewart!

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But as I grew up as a child, falling in love with the theate

But as I grew up as a child, falling in love with the theater and Shakespeare, my heroes were Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud.

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Whenever the lion fish in the fish tank in the captain's rea

Whenever the lion fish in the fish tank in the captain's ready room died it was always a sad moment.

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I am told that there have been over the years a number of ex

I am told that there have been over the years a number of experiments taking place in places like Massachusetts Institute of Technology that have been entirely based on concepts raised by Star Trek.

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Having played many roles of scientific intellect I do have a

Having played many roles of scientific intellect I do have an empathy for that world. It's been hard on me because flying the Enterprise for seven years in Star Trek and sitting in Cerebro in X-men has led people to believe that I know what I'm talking about. But I'm still trying to work out how to operate the air conditioning unit on my car.

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We've heard from many teachers that they used episodes of St

We've heard from many teachers that they used episodes of Star Trek and concepts of Star Trek in their science classrooms in order to engage the students.

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I had come to the point when I realized it was unlikely that

I had come to the point when I realized it was unlikely that my film career was going to move beyond a certain level of role. And I was - because I had graphic instances of it - handicapped by the success of Star Trek. A director would say, 'I don't want Jean-Luc Picard in my movie' - and this was compounded by X-Men as well.

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I certainly wanted to maintain some sense of mystery about P

I certainly wanted to maintain some sense of mystery about Picard and that's why we never allowed certain situations to fully evolve, like the relationship between Picard and Beverly Crusher.

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I am not the archetypal leading man. This is mainly for one

I am not the archetypal leading man. This is mainly for one reason: as you may have noticed, I have no hair.

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