History Quotes / IAmNotSpock

'''Debra Messing:''' [[BigShutUp SHUT UP!]] I'm a divorced single mother. You want to hear what ''that's'' like? ''[...]'' I AM NOT GRACE! It is ''a character''! I won an MediaNotes/{{Emmy|Award}} for it! I even beat Creator/SarahJessicaParker! People forget! I'm shaving my head. ''[storms off]''\\

->''"People don't assume that Creator/JohnWayne shoots people and rides a horse on weekends. People think I'm a nymphomaniac.,"''

->''"People don't assume that Creator/JohnWayne shoots people and rides a horse on weekends. People think I'm a nymphomaniac".

->'''Creator/JamesEarlJones''': ''(looks up from his menu to see Sheldon standing there)'' Let me guess: you like Franchise/StarWars.\\
'''Sheldon''': ''(nods repeatedly)''\\

'''Sheldon''': ''(nods repeatedly)''\\

'''Sheldon''': ''(shakes his head)''\\
'''Jones:''' ''(motions Sheldon closer)'' I have one thing to say to people like you: I like Star Wars too! Care to join me?

->'''Lisa (Clobber Girl):''' Wait a minute... {{Series/Xena|WarriorPrincess}} can't fly!\\
'''Lucy Lawless:''' (in costume as Xena) I told you, I'm not Xena. I'm Creator/LucyLawless.

->"I am a big man, and I have a laugh to match my size. The ridiculous thing is that since I played {{Film/Goldfinger}} in the Franchise/JamesBond film there are some people who still insist on seeing me as a cold, ruthless villain -- a man without laughs."

->"At the same time, although it's the loveliest job I ever had, it essentially killed my career stone dead... So when I went to play ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' the audience wanted me to play Macbeth in the style of Doctor Who and naturally I did. Afterwards a critic said "I had no idea how ''[[DracoInLeatherPants nice]]'' Macbeth was". So I realised then that the people coming to see me -- people like you -- didn't want to see me playing Jack the Ripper or whatever it was. So when I went to Ireland to play Franchise/SherlockHolmes and Moriarty [[ActingForTwo in the same play]], they were absolutely baffled because they were absolutely interchangeable."

-->-- '''Creator/TimRuss'' ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ7TnQBSV00 source]])

->''I could win the Nobel Prize, and the headline would read, "[[Series/AllInTheFamily Meathead]] Wins Nobel."''

->''I could win the Nobel Prize, and the headline would read, “Meathead Wins Nobel.”''

-->--'''Creator/TomBaker''' on ''Series/DoctorWho''

->''"It was Captain Kirk playing T J Hooker, not William Shatner the actor. You're just thinking he's taken a month off and come down to Earth and said 'I want to be a cop for a bit'."''

Then why does my head turn in response to a stranger on the street who calls out that name? Why do I feel a twinge when someone says, “What happened to your ears?” I am not Spock.\\\

''Spock for President'' reads the bumper sticker on the car in front of me. I’m filled with pride and I smile. I’m not Spock.\\\
But if I’m not, who is? And if I’m not Spock, then who am I?''

-->--'''Creator/JasonAlexander'''

-->--'''Creator/OwenWilson'''

-->--'''Creator/RayLiotta'''

-->--'''Creator/SylviaKristel'''

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->How many times have I told you not to call me "[[Series/FamilyMatters Urkel?!]]" My name is Jaleel White! Urkel was a character I played when I was a child!
-->-- '''Creator/JaleelWhite''' ([[AsHimself played by himself]]), ''Film/BigFatLiar''
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->'''Creator/JasonBiggs:''' You see, man? You see? It's never "Hey, you were in ''Film/Loser2000'' weren't you" or "Dude you rocked in ''Boys and Girls''". No, it always comes back to [[Film/AmericanPie that fucking pie]]. I'm haunted by it!\\
'''Creator/JamesVanDerBeek''': You put your dick in a pie.\\
'''Jason Biggs''': Enough! I'm Jason Biggs.
-->-- ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack''

->'''Agent''': The network suddenly feels that you’re [[HollywoodOld too mature]] for the role. I know it may not seem that way now, but once we get a little distance between you and "Raven"--\\
'''Rebecca''': Oliver, the series is in syndication. She’ll ''always'' be there. Looking younger and better and sweeter than me -- forever.
-->--''Series/{{Angel}}'', "[[Recap/AngelS01E17Eternity Eternity]]"

->"Do you know how long I have worked to get away from Lieutenant ''Chloe''? To get away from the ''stench'' of this show?! The fan experience was bad enough, but she was gonna sell the rights, and it was gonna start all over again: the movies, the product lines! ''Lieutenant Chloe bobbleheads!''"
-->--'''Stephanie Frye''', ''Series/{{Castle}}'' ("The Final Frontier")

->''[[Creator/KelseyGrammer Grammer]] holds the distinction of being the only actor ever to win three Golden Globes for the same role. Sounds great, until you realize he has three statues at home reminding him every day that, as they lower him into the ground, there's a good chance the priest will accidentally refer to him as 'the departed [[Series/{{Frasier}} Dr. Crane]].[='=]''
-->-- '''''Website/{{Cracked}}'''''

->''[[Creator/RobertDowneyJr RDJ]] should really learn from this. He should always have an Iron Man suit in the back of his rental car. If he doesn't have an Iron Man suit in the back of his rental car, he should drive down to Party City or wherever to buy an Iron Man costume. He has a responsibility to little children everywhere.''
-->--'''[[http://dlisted.com/2013/06/13/robert-downey-jr-ruins-a-kids-life-by-not-wearing-his-iron-man-suit/ Michael K.]]''', "Robert Downey Jr. Ruins A Kid’s Life By Not Wearing His Iron Man Suit"

->''Unfortunately, her presence means the whole time I'm watching this movie, I'm imagining Condoleezza Rice [[Series/TwentyFour is secretly plotting against the President]], and we only have a few hours to stop her, and she's somehow involved in the 9/11 attacks.''
-->-- '''''Website/TheAgonyBooth''''' on Penny Johnson, [[http://www.agonybooth.com/agonizer/DC_9_11__Time_of_Crisis_2003.aspx on]] ''DC 9/11: Time of Crisis'' (2003)

->''Wherever I go, people say to me,\\
'Hey, are you that guy?\\
Series/DoctorWho's companion\\
Rory Williams?' And I sigh\\
I want to tell them that there's more to me than this\\
I'm not just a bloke riding a TARDIS\\
I am an actor in a fable\\
I didn't get captured by a Weeping Angel\\
You need to know my own story\\
I'm not Rory''
-->--'''Creator/ArthurDarvill''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNDyBBAjRHg sings]] to the tune of "[[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Let it Go]]"

->"I am a big man, and I have a laugh to match my size. The ridiculous thing is that since I played {{Film/Goldfinger}} in the James Bond film there are some people who still insist on seeing me as a cold, ruthless villain -- a man without laughs."
-->--'''Creator/GertFrobe'''

->"At the same time, although it's the loveliest job I ever had, it essentially killed my career stone dead... So when I went to play Theatre/{{Macbeth}} the audience wanted me to play Macbeth in the style of Doctor Who and naturally I did. Afterwards a critic said "I had no idea how ''[[DracoInLeatherPants nice]]'' Macbeth was". So I realised then that the people coming to see me -- people like you -- didn’t want to see me playing Jack the Ripper or whatever it was. So when I went to Ireland to play Franchise/SherlockHolmes and Moriarty [[ActingForTwo in the same play]], they were absolutely baffled because they were absolutely interchangeable."
-->--'''Creator/TomBaker''' on ''Doctor Who'', [[http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/05/qa-with-%E2%80%98doctor-who%E2%80%99-stars-the-five-doctors/ "The Five Doctors"]]

->"People expect me to be this guy who can walk into a dark room, snap my fingers, and turn on the lights. Or they want me to pound my fist on the hood of a car, and start the engine. I can't do it. I've tried!"
-->--'''Creator/HenryWinkler''' on ''Series/HappyDays''

->"I never thought a picture of my body would be tacked up in men's bathrooms. I hate men looking at me and thinking what they think. And I know what they think. [[WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings They write and tell me.]]"
-->--'''Creator/LyndaCarter'''

->"I was an actress playing someone who had never danced before, but I became [[Film/DirtyDancing this iconic dance person.]] I was so afraid of what people would think, I wouldn’t even dance at weddings with [[Creator/ClarkGregg my husband.]]"
-->--'''Creator/JenniferGrey'''

->''Taking time machine back to my ''Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh'' self. Just to let past me know, [='=]You. Will. Never. Leave.'[='=]''
-->-- '''Stefan Brogren''', via Website/{{Twitter}}

->"Pretty much 7 and unders, I tend to get nothing but boos. No matter how kind I am to them, they’re not interested in being kind back."
-->--'''Creator/TomFelton'''

->"The worst abuse I get is from people who don't know who I am. I was in a restaurant and the waitress didn't realize who I was. All she could remember is that she hated me; she'd spat in my food, but then was like, 'Wait! I'm sorry! You play [[Series/MadMen Pete Campbell!]] I thought I knew you!"
-->-- '''Vincent Kartheiser'''

->"That was something that was calculated, you know what I mean? That was our marketing department at Fox and they did a really good job with our first season, but that’s a word that describes the character that I play, not me. I don’t personally have identification with that word myself."
-->--'''Creator/ZooeyDeschanel''' on her "adorkable" characters

->'''Creator/JasonBiggs:''' You see, man? You see? It's never "Hey, you were in ''Film/{{Loser}}'' weren't you" or "Dude you rocked in ''Boys and Girls''". No, it always comes back to [[Film/AmericanPie that fucking pie]]. I'm haunted by it!\\

->'''Creator/JasonBiggs:''' You see, man? You see? It's never "Hey, you were in ''Film/{{Loser}}'' weren't you" or "Dude you rocked in ''Boys and Girls''". No, it always comes back to that fucking pie. I'm haunted by it!\\

->''There are no movie stars anymore. Like, Anthony Mackie isn't a movie star, ComicBook/TheFalcon is a movie star.... The evolution of the superhero has meant the death of the movie star.''

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-->-- '''Jaleel White''' ([[AsHimself played by himself]]), ''Film/BigFatLiar''

->'''Jason Biggs:''' You see, man? You see? It's never "Hey, you were in ''Film/{{Loser}}'' weren't you" or "Dude you rocked in ''Boys and Girls''". No, it always comes back to that fucking pie. I'm haunted by it!\\

-->--''Series/{{Angel}}'', "Eternity"

->'''Creator/JamesEarlJones''': ''(looks up from his menu to see Sheldon standing there)'' Let me guess: you like StarWars.\\

“Hey, what’s Creator/MichaelJFox like?” He’s nice\\
“What’s Creator/ChristopherLloyd like?” Kinda quiet\\
“What’s Creator/CrispinGlover like?” … Unusual\\
Stop askin’ me the question!''

->''[[Creator/RobertDowneyJr RDJ]] should really learn from this. He should always have an Iron Man suit in the back of his rental car. If he doesn’t have an Iron Man suit in the back of his rental car, he should drive down to Party City or wherever to buy an Iron Man costume. He has a responsibility to little children everywhere.''

->'''[[Creator/IanHolm DR. RAPSON]]:''' Hey, you’re Jack Hall! I really liked your presentation about how we're all going to freeze to death and stuff. Too bad that your VP's a [=NotDick=]. \\

-->--'''Gert Fröbe'''

->"At the same time, although it’s the loveliest job I ever had, it essentially killed my career stone dead... So when I went to play Theatre/{{Macbeth}} the audience wanted me to play Macbeth in the style of Doctor Who and naturally I did. Afterwards a critic said ‘I had no idea how ''[[DracoInLeatherPants nice]]'' Macbeth was’. So I realised then that the people coming to see me -- people like you -- didn’t want to see me playing Jack the Ripper or whatever it was. So when I went to Ireland to play Franchise/SherlockHolmes and Moriarty [[ActingForTwo in the same play]], they were absolutely baffled because they were absolutely interchangeable."

-->--'''Henry Winkler''' on ''Series/HappyDays''

->"It was a help as far as having a bigger career. It was an odd way to meet a national audience, because I was known around the world as [[Film/PrettyWoman the asshole that tried to rape Julia Roberts]]."

{{Creator/James Earl Jones}} : Let me guess you like {{Franchise/Star Wars}}. (Sheldon nods). {{Creator/James Earl Jones}}: You know I’ve been in other movies? (Sheldon nods). {{Creator/James Earl Jones}} : But you don’t care about those do you?
{{Series/The Big Bang Theory}} (The Convention Conundrum).

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-—>— {{Creator/James Earl Jones}} : Let me guess you like {{Franchise/Star Wars}}. (Sheldon nods). {{Creator/James Earl Jones}}: You know I’ve been in other movies? (Sheldon nods). {{Creator/James Earl Jones}} : But you don’t care about those do you?
{{Series/The Big Bang Theory}}.