And if it were all to end tonight I would be very, very content with what has been achieved.It has been more than a decade and a half since Sir Patrick Stewart wore a Federation uniform in Star Trek. You know, it’s a great, great blessing to have a life and a career at this place where mine is now. The last six years have been the best years of my career and my life. Am I having fun? Yes, I am having the time of my life currently.
#PATRICK STEWART OH MY STAR TREK PROFESSIONAL#
It is so far beyond my modest ambitions when I left drama school and became a professional actor that it does make me a little giddy sometimes with the reality of it. That I should find myself in my 71st year being involved in such a diverse quantity of work and blessed to be healthy enough to look forward to – I hope – a busy career, with perhaps a few more little breaks from time to time than I have taken in the past, I sometimes feel as though all this has happened to somebody else or that it might have happened to somebody I dreamed about. Stewart: I get giddy at times with my good fortune. How strange and satisfying a brew is that? Some people know you as Avery Bullock (the recurring character he voices for American Dad!) And now you are Sir Patrick Stewart. You are Picard in the eyes of many and Professor Xavier to others. You are a Shakespearean actor and a father. And, of course, I get to play William Shakespeare in it, so that means something to me. I have not seen the fully completed film, but I’ve seen enough of it, though, to know that it’s very unusual. Stewart: Oh, the Gnomeo & Juliet project is terrific fun. So, is there one on that list you’re particularly excited about? We don’t have enough time to go through all the credits currently listed for you on IMDB, which include Dorothy of Oz, Gnomeo & Juliet, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage. So that may possibly happen, but I can’t give you any more detail beyond that. The huge, multi-million pound renovation that has been done on main house is opening and I have always hoped that I might have some part in that. The Royal Shakespeare Company is opening its new theater this year. I can’t say what it is, but it would be for the UK and it would be Shakespeare. It would be a fourth time approaching this role. Stewart: Well, I actually met with a director on Sunday night for dinner to discuss a project. We know that A Life in the Theatre hasn’t even officially opened yet, so this may be premature, but do you know what stage show you’ll be doing next and where it’ll be mounted? For an English actor it is thrilling to be premiering a David Mamet show on Broadway. Knight, who is playing John (to Stewart’s older actor character, Robert). I’m sharing the stage with a wonderful young actor, T.R. And here we are, on Broadway, with a new cast. If there’s any possibility for it to have a further life or to do it somewhere else, I’d love to do it.” Well, a number of years passed and then, about nine months ago, I got a call. When the production ended its run in London five years ago, I contacted David Mamet and said, “I’m not done with this. What excites you most about doing the show again? You said yesterday that there’s comedy to be mined in Falstaff, and your current show, A Life in the Theatre, is a David Mamet comedy that will have its opening night on Broadway on October 12.
#PATRICK STEWART OH MY STAR TREK FULL#
But the evening was full of a lot of affection and love and good cheer.
And, of course, I got indescribably teased about it.
To be able to celebrate this unexpected honor with perhaps the group of actors in my 52-year career I have grown closest to of all the companies I have ever worked with, was just a very appropriate way to go. I look upon this wonderful distinction I’ve been given as also a nodding in the direction of Star Trek, to those seven years that I spent on the series.
I threw this dinner party in Beverly Hills. It just so happened that every single cast member was in town, and (so were) Rick (Berman) and John Logan. It just so happened that I was returning to Los Angeles. Stewart: That was the first celebration that I held once the news of my knighthood had been announced. First, everyone made it for the first time in a while and also LeVar Burton toasted you and your knighthood in a most memorable manner. You and the Next Gen cast got together not too long ago for the group’s annual dinner, but we’ve heard that this year’s gathering was particularly special. By subscribing to the Star Trek newsletter, which may include personalized offers from our advertising partners, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data collection and usage practices outlined in our Privacy Policy.
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