Jeri Ryan Quotes

I'm not real impressed with the Star Trek weaponry, I gotta be honest.

I've loved the escapism of being another person, slipping into another character for a little while

I was raised all over. Kansas, Hawaii, Georgia, Texas and Kentucky, by the time I was 11.

I don't necessarily believe in aliens coming to the States, and I don't buy into the government cover-up.

I have a lot of fun with guns, especially the M-16, but my favourite is my little .22. It fits nicely in the palm of your hand. I do limit myself to blanks.

Cheating is often more efficient.

This was truly guerilla filmmaking. We shot out in the middle of nowhere in a place called Delta Flats, where basically every day was some new minor catastrophe.

It was really a pleasure to play someone who’s literally pushed past her breaking point repeatedly.

I get to pretend I'm flying into space, and hang out with my friends. That's what I do for a living.

I think the more stressful our times get, the more we look for fantasy escapes.

It might be arrogant to think that we're the only living creations in all of the solar systems that there are. Space is so vast

My husband travels a lot with his job, so we have a lot of frequent flyer miles so we can hop on a plane with no notice. That's a nice luxury and he is very supportive

The whole sex symbol or babe thing doesn't bother me.

The costume that I wear on the show is a little snug and doesn't leave a whole lot to the imagination. I don't have a problem with it because of the way this character's been written.

West Hollywood is predominantly gay, so every man that came into the grocery store was shopping for his boyfriend.

Sorry, I get a little excited when I talk about firearms.

There is a very large chunk of our population who firmly believe in extraterrestrials.

My background has been very helpful for this experience. But everyone was so accommodating because they knew it's not the most comfortable position to be the new kid.

I'm not so widely known that I'm going to be pigeonholed

I was always a fan of horror films as a kid.

That’s what makes a character interesting from an actor’s perspective - the more screwed up, the better.

My husband is someone who's in the real world. It's a big help that I don't have both feet in Hollywood

I loved working with Eric Close and J. T. Walsh.

His background and knowledge can't be transplanted overnight, ... I'd make a point that unless you sat on the throne, you don't know what it's like to be king. In reality there are a lot of things that you do and people you influence that other people don't see and that impact is there for the city.

You can't really prepare yourself for being greeted by a dozen Klingons drinking blood wine. So, it can be a bit off-putting coming in from the outside. But it's great fun and there are no fans like Star Trek fans.

I could do without the Bubonic Plague.

No doubt that he will make an excellent senator.

I have no specific ideas in mind of what I will or won't do; it's all about the roles.