Toodlepip dotblogspot: Wishing I Was Blind

Came across a short, tongue-in-cheek Entertainment Weekly interview with LeVar Burton of Star Trek The Next Generation. Seems Burton may be one of these guys like Wil Wheaton who ends up being much cooler in real life than the character he played.

Dig:

What's your favorite 'Trek' episode?
The ones where we're in the holodeck dressing up as Robin Hood or Holmes and Watson. After seven years, when you wear the same spacesuit to work every day, any variety is welcome. It was like a holiday. I was still in the visor, but...

Speaking of the visor, eyes are windows to the soul. How'd you act in that thing?
The producers maintained it was a way to highlight the technological sophistication of the 24th century. It was a pain in the ass, but I cashed the check every week.

Was it embarrassing to play a character whose first love interest was a hologram?
Yeah, that was bulls---. The producers enjoyed that Geordi was inept around women. I don't want to cast aspersions, but, y'know, I find it suspect that the only -- Worf aside, being a Klingon -- black male was emasculated by white male writers.

You piloted a plane in an episode of 'Rainbow.' C'mon, you had a stunt double, right?
I flew that airplane. I landed the plane. Life is about experience, man. Drink it up!