the pensive citadel :: the best of jean-luc picard
10. Metafictional Modesty / “A Fistful of Datas,” Season Six
When Crusher asks Picard to appear in the play she’s directing, he replies, with a diffident smile, “I’m not much of an actor.” But the glint in Patrick Stewart’s eyes gives him away — he’s an awesome actor; he knows it; we know it; and he proves it here by uniting his real and fictional personas in a single classic line.
Adorable man is adorable.