Jonathan Frakes

“I’m much more comfortable behind the camera.”

“I’ve always said that if you have an ego, you have to be able to back it up.”

“It's an amazing thing to be a part of a franchise that has been around for 50 years.”

“I'm a Trekkie. I'm a card-carrying, dues-paying, card-carrying Trekkie.”

“The best part of directing is the preparation. The best part of acting is the mystery of it.”

“The fans are the reason we're still here.”

“Sci-fi is a great genre to work in. It's a genre of ideas.”

“There’s a great responsibility that comes with being a part of Star Trek.”

“I've been very lucky. I've had a wonderful career.”

“Directing is about telling a story visually.”

“I'm a character actor, and I'm very comfortable with that.”

“My acting style, if you can call it that, is a mixture of Marlon Brando and the Grinch.”

“I like to think of myself as a storyteller.”

“I think the Prime Directive is a brilliant concept.”

“I learned a lot from Gene Roddenberry. He was a visionary.”