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By GustavoLeao / 14:18, 16 December 2005 / People

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The latest issue of STAR TREK Magazine, out in the UK, features an exclusive interview with STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION actor Michael Dorn (Worf), in which he talks about his career and future projects. Here are a few excerpts.



"I've not been as busy as I've wanted to be since STAR TREK NEMESIS," he told journalist Ian Spelling. "You want to be very busy. Every actor wants to be busier. But what happens is my career is taking a path and I don't know where it's going to end up. I'm still acting. I'm still doing parts. Most of the parts I'm getting these days are happening because people are calling me up and saying, 'Hey Michael, I'd really love you to do this. I'd love you to do that.'

"I'm also trying to take the path into directing," he continues, "and I'm pushing a little bit harder on that one than I am on the acting, I guess. I'm going from single-camera, which is what I started out doing thanks to STAR TREK, and I'm now trying to pursue sitcoms, which is multi-camera. I'm out in New York a couple of times a year shadowing Don Scardino, a director on ABC's HOPE & FAITH. We have a really good time together.

"I like sitcoms a lot. It's like doing a small play every week. You have an audience. You get reaction from the audience. You rehearse it and put it up there and you're on your way. It's also so fast. One week or so and you're done."

Dorn also provided voices for several documentaries and animated shows, including an episode of FAMILY GUY which was a STAR TREK-themed episode that also featured Patrick Stewart (story). "It comes and goes, the voiceover work," Dorn says. "I have a wonderful voiceover agent, who I've been with for 10 or 12 years now. I'll do a voiceover about once a month, and they're really good jobs. I just did a show for the National Geographic Channel. It was about what kind of life we might find on Mars or in a different universe. I did another documentary, EARTHLINGS: UGLY BAGS OF MOSTLY WATER [about the Klingon language and culture]."

To read the full article, get the latest issue of STAR TREK Magazine at your local newsstand.



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I met Dorn... | Report this post to moderator
By: cooper2000 (Odo's file, contact) @ 16:16:07 on Dec 19, 2005 | Edit History (1)

at a Convention. He sure wasnt putting on a happy face or at least trying to act like he was enjoying his fans. He couldnt even take the time to look up and smile and scribbled on my photo.
Perhaps today is a good day to die.

I sure hope he saved his money and invested it after all his years of Trek.


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By: Benjamin Sisko (Odo's file, contact) @ 19:52:14 on Dec 16, 2005

Im glad he is finding work, I wish him well. Not just because he has given us all countless hours of lines such as (but it helps):

"Death to the Opposition" (During a Baseball game!)

"Perhaps today IS a good day to die! Prepare for Ramming Speed!"

"The Son'a wish to negotiate a cease-fire. It may have to do with the fact that we only have three minutes of air left. "

And sooo many others.

-So Sayeth THE Sisko

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Maybe, just maybe, Benny isn't the dream: we are. Maybe we're nothing more than figments of his imagination. For all we know, at this very moment, somewhere, far beyond all those distant stars... Benny Russell is dreaming of us. - Ben Sisko

R.I.P. John Spencer


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    By: Chibiabos (Odo's file, contact) @ 01:16:16 on Dec 17, 2005

    Let's do more!

    "With all due respect, Commander, BE GONE!"
    "A warrior's drink!" (prune juice)
    "Klingons do not laugh."
    "I protest! I am NOT a merry man!"
    "Definitely feeling aggressive tendancies!"


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      By: NX-47 (Odo's file, contact) @ 08:53:56 on Dec 17, 2005

      "Good tea. Nice house."

      Wesley: Are you telling me to go yell at Salia?
      Worf: No! Men do not roar. Women roar. Then they hurl heavy objects. (dreamily) And claw at you.
      Wesley: What does the man do?
      Worf: He reads love poetry. (Coming back to reality) He ducks a lot.

      "Congratulations. You are now fully dilated to ten centimeters. You may now give birth."


      LLaP

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      THAT is the Exploration that awaits you: not mapping stars or studying nebulae, but charting the unknown possibilities of Existence.


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