“My mother told me that at the age of 6 or 7,1 would walk around readin...” — James Doohan Quote

My mother told me that at the age of 6 or 7,1 would walk around reading out loud. I would go through a doorway and change my accent.

Being typecast has helped me to become famous all over the world.

I'm very, very impressed with the 'Next Generation.'

For three or four years I resented it. I got very angry when people would say, 'Well, you're Scotty.' Casting directors, producers, directors would say this to me and then they would go home every night and watch me on 'Star Trek.' After those three or four years, I got used to it.

For a while, I was known as Canada's hardest working actor. Then I went to Holly wood, and almost became a nobody.

Most of us don't think forwarding a racist joke or speaking in an insulting 'comedic' accent is appropriate at the workplace. Unfortunately, for those raised in the toxic culture of conservatism, the sort of mentality that leads government employees to do those things is widespread.

Actually, between Colombian and Mexican Spanish, there's not a huge difference, but it is a different accent.

I love accents - I wish I could find an accent for every one of my characters. It makes it so much easier when I don't have to hear my own voice.

The East Texas accent is a famously difficult accent to do.

I'm not good enough to flip in and out of my Brit accent to my American accent.