Robert Beltran

(about the "Star Trek: Voyager" writers) Robert Beltran: What bothers me so much is that [the writers] have a cast of really, really fine actors, actors that can hold their own with anybody, anywhere, anytime, and they're absolutely wasting three-quarters of that cast on the most mundane scenes per episode, and concentrating on two or three characters. It gets very boring.

(about the support of his "Star Trek: Voyager" fans) Robert Beltran: It's helped immensely, because the loyalty of the fans extends beyond the character I play. They've been very loyal in supporting the Down's Syndrome Association of Los Angeles, my charity. This Saturday is the night of the [Galaxy] Charity Ball, and we've got 500 people showing up, which is wonderful. We're going to raise a lot of money, and that's a direct result of my being on this show.

Robert Beltran: People get me wrong when I say that I never watched Star Trek. Actually, I never watched much science fiction in general. It just never appealled to me. Since becoming involved in the Star Trek World, I have a great respect for the writers in all the incarnations of Star Trek. But it's still hard for me to sit down and watch a science fiction show. You have to remember, I fell asleep during Star Wars.