Top 16 Quotes & Sayings by Jonathan Frakes

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor Jonathan Frakes.

Last updated on November 25, 2024.

Jonathan Scott Frakes is an American actor and director. He is best known for his portrayal of Commander William Riker in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and subsequent films and series. Frakes also hosted the anthology series Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, and was the voice for David Xanatos in the Disney television series Gargoyles. In June 2011, he narrated the History Channel documentary, Lee and Grant.

American - Actor | Born: August 19, 1952

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I've always thought that we, as human beings, would be naive and arrogant to pretend that we're the only life form in the galaxy.

Jonathan Frakes

I always enjoyed going into the holodeck.

Jonathan Frakes

Well, there's much more time to do a weekly show, and much more coverage - as it turns out, it was all preparation for the stuff I'm doing now - but it was interesting to see how much time was spent on how little airtime, compared to knocking out a show a day on the soaps.

Jonathan Frakes

I like contemporary American literature and I like biographies and I like jazz and I like baseball and I like writers who write about the human condition and sci-fi is just something that I happened into.

Jonathan Frakes

I don't think you ever leave Star Trek for good.

Jonathan Frakes

I think, frankly, that I'm a better director than I was an actor.

Jonathan Frakes

If the prime directives were followed a little more accurately here on earth, I mean it sounds somewhat Pollyanna, but I think people would certainly get along better.

Jonathan Frakes

I think Star Trek has been very double-edged for all of us - as actors, writers, directors.

Jonathan Frakes

I'm sort of in for a penny, in for a pound with Star Trek, It's my life at this point. To deny it would just be foolish.

Jonathan Frakes

I think that I've been pigeon-holed by virtue of the fact that I've spent so much time in front of a green screen.

Jonathan Frakes

I think, unfortunately or fortunately, the reality of Hollywood is that if your movie makes money, they'll make another one.

Jonathan Frakes

No, the type-casting didn't happen until after Star Trek. I don't think that you get typecast until you've been cast!

Jonathan Frakes

Someone once said "Don't try to be a great man. Just be a man, and let history make its own judgements."

Jonathan Frakes

Don't get me wrong-I'm very thankful for all the aliens I've met and loved.

Jonathan Frakes

I think I'm a better director than I ever was an actor. I'd love to go back to acting, but nobody seems to want me.

Jonathan Frakes

One of my philosophies as a director is to listen to other people's great ideas because they'll help make you better.

Jonathan Frakes

Top 16 Quotes & Sayings by Jonathan Frakes

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