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You each have directed each
other on Next Generation.

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Johnny, you directed Patrick on Picard.

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Would you both talk a little
bit about that relationship?

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Well, yes.

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I directed, I can't remember
now, five or six episodes,

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and that was only because
John had shown me the way.

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John went to Paramount University

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to learn to be a director.

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He devoted

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hours and days and weekends to this job,

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until he got to a point
where they were ready to say,

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"Okay, we'll give you a show to direct."

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And Jonathan broke through that barrier

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that I was able also to
step into when my time came.

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And to be able to experiment
and explore this new role

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with people whom I trusted totally,

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and I'm not just talking about the cast,

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but the camera crew, the stage crew,

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everybody, hair, and makeup.

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I was working with these
people every day as an actor,

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and even though

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a lot of piss was taken
out of me at times,

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I got such support.

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I couldn't have done it without them.