Rubber Forehead Aliens/Quotes

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Man, they weren't even trying with this one. I don't know if they were running out of latex or what, but boldly going where people look like they're about to go cross-eyed is not my idea of majestic space opera. Coming soon -- aliens with extra-deep upper lip dents.
—Lore Fitzgerald Sjöberg, on Bajoran Nose Ridges.
We've hired a pretty girl and I want to keep her that way. Think of something that we can take and make her look a little alien, and still get the idea she's from another planet, but she's still gorgeous.
Rick Berman to Michael Westmore when discussing creating the aforementioned makeup.
Aliens in Star Trek just have different noses [1]. That's because they have a different gene - the Roddenberry gene!

Chel: Name one alien that's not pastel colored with big pointy ears.
Lexx: E.T.!

Chel: Sorry, fictional characters don't count.
  1. (yep, again about the Bajorans)