Patrick Stewart Recalls Storming Off The ‘Star Trek’ Set Because ‘I Didn’t Enjoy Being Laughed At’

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Patrick Stewart is opening up about losing his temper the set of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” because he felt his co-stars weren’t being as serious as he was.

In an excerpt from his new book, Making It So: A Memoir, Stewart recalled becoming frustrated with the convivial atmosphere on the set. “My castmates doubled over in laughter when they flubbed multiple takes and, in rehearsals, they sometimes ad-libbed things that weren’t in the script to make their lines funnier,” Stewart wrote, via The Hollywood Reporter. READ MORE: Patrick Stewart Prepares To Say Goodbye To Jean-Luc Picard As He Attends Special ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Finale Screening “My experiences at the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre had been intense and serious.

Naturally, we enjoyed a bit of levity, but in general we knew our time was limited and we didn’t fool around,” he continued. “On the ‘TNG’ set, I grew angry with the conduct of my peers, and that’s when I called that meeting in which I lectured the cast for goofing off and responded to Denise Crosby’s, ‘We’ve got to have some fun sometimes, Patrick,’ comment by saying, ‘We are not here, Denise, to have fun,'” Stewart wrote. “In retrospect, everyone, me included, finds this story hilarious.

But, in the moment, when the cast erupted in hysterics at my pompous declaration, I didn’t handle it well. I didn’t enjoy being laughed at.