I love playing Blair Cramer, and I'm thrilled to see what more they have in store for her. After playing this role for so many years, I still feel like there is so much about her that is still untold.
'Star Trek' is still my signature role because once you do a 'Star Trek' series, it's never really out of the marketplace.
I don't think I could last in anything for 10 years doing a character.
Six years is a long time to play the same characters on the same show.
Character roles definitely age better than your ingenues. You don't get to keep doing that.
If you're lucky enough to get to play a character for a long time, it's life-changing.
To be honest, and I may regret saying this, the idea of playing the same character for a very long time is very daunting to me.
Nobody wants to play - I've talked to Brent Spiner about this. You don't want to play a character indefinitely who's not supposed to age.
It wasn't sexual in its element. I wasn't being exploited. I was doing what happened. It was very challenging because I played Phyllis from 15 years old to 53 when she died of breast cancer.
You know, it's scary when you sign onto a pilot of a series because, as much as you want the series to go, you also want it to be a character that you'd be interested in playing for a long time.
I'd never thought much about a series, because I liked the idea of picking a script I liked with a character I thought I could sustain for an hour. In a series, you live with one character day in and day out - and you only hope it will be one that will not drive you crazy.
For some reason, the parts I play, like Boromir or Ned Stark, have a life online long afterwards. I keep seeing - what do you call them - memes?
