#we

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. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#falling #falling in love #grew #heroes #i

It wasn't until the first season ended that I went to my first Star Trek convention. It was in Denver. There were two and a half thousand people there. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#denver #ended #first #half #i

Having spent so much of my life with Shakespeare's world, passions and ideas in my head and in my mouth, he feels like a friend - someone who just went out of the room to get another bottle of wine. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#bottle #feels #friend #get #having

I became a better listener than I ever had been as a result of playing Jean Luc Picard because it was one of the things that he does terrifically well. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#because #been #better #does #ever

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. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#allowed #between #beverly #certain #certainly

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. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#beyond #career #certain #certain level #come

I think I came back from America a funnier and nicer person than I went. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#back #came #funnier #i #i came

I have a voice coach, but only in so much as to make my voice stronger so I can sing for five nights a week, two hours. ↗

— Rod Stewart

#five #hours #i #i can #make

You're supposed to look a certain way when you're a celebrity, but I want to take care of my baby, and those two things don't mesh very well. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#care #celebrity #certain #certain way #i

Well, there's not a day goes by when I don't get up and say thank you to somebody. ↗