-: I'm John de Lancie, and I play the character of Q.
We call ourselves the Q.
Q is "mad, bad, and dangerous to know."
That was a famous quote that was attributed to Lord Byron,
actually his ex-wife said that about him.
So, and that's something which I kind of,
took into myself thinking,
you know, Q could be mad, bad, and dangerous to know.
I suggest you center your attention on this trial, Captain.
It may be your only hope.
Did I watch "Star Trek" as a kid?
No, I was very dyslexic,
and I still am.
And I didn't know how to read.
I mean, I was very late in the reading process.
And, one of the things that took place,
was that my parents pulled the television out of the house.
So, I went to the movies a lot,
but I didn't, never made a date with the television.
And to this day, I still don't.
So, I knew the movies,
but I just was not familiar with the television show.
I mean, I knew of it, but I didn't, yeah.
I have a lot of memories about TNG.
I remember the first time that I arrived.
They were already shooting,
and they had been shooting for a couple of weeks.
And I had come in the night before,
quite literally the night before,
from Japan, where I was doing a job.
And next thing I knew, I had this robe
on, the judge's outfit, which people ask me
"Where did you get that?"
And I always say to them
"Actually, I brought it from home."
And I'm descending in the chair and, you know,
I'm standing across from Denise,
and they are spraying her with paraffin wax.
And I'm going "This is really kinda cool. This is fun."
I'm lucky to have had a number of different characters
that I've portrayed.
Jack Tanner in "Man and Superman" was great.
I did a soap opera where I had the time of my life.
I played a character called Eugene, very wacky.
You know we had a bubble bath tonight.
Q, clearly.
Yes.
I loved the character in "Breaking Bad."
Kids today grow up faster I think.
In a world where everybody is,
knows what's going on and it's not happy stuff,
he just was, he was only interested in saving his daughter,
and he was oblivious to the world that was surrounding him.
Jane Mike two one turn heading, disregard.
So I've had some nice characters.
Well, you know, I'm supposed to be immortal, right?
Do I look immortal?
32 years is 32 years.
So, I'm not, I'm not counting.
Not holding my breath.