Patrick Stewart AMA

Yesterday, Sir Patrick Stewart participated in a Reddit Ask Me Anything session.

The actor answered questions ranging from the personal to the professional.

One of the more exciting things Stewart has done in his life was to participate in the Olympic Torch relay. It was “Unbelievably exciting,” said Stewart. “Unbelievable because I never expected it would happen to me and as an ex-athlete and huge fan of the Olympic Games, it was one of the best days of my life. And, I ended the day taking home the torch, but I seem to have mislaid it. If anybody knows where it is, please let the @SirPatStew team know.”

When asked what accounts to his youthfulness and good looks, he said that “the great man Sigmund Freud said the most important things for a long and happy life were love and work and I’ve had a cornucopia of both.”

Unlike his Star Trek character, Stewart’s favorite tea is not Earl Grey. “Yorkshire Gold,” he said, when asked what his favorite tea was. “Any other kind of tea bag needs two bags.”

Stewart spoke about his favorite The Next Generation episode and why he liked it. “Well, the thing is, my favorite episode is Inner Light,” he said. “It was a beautiful script, which for me was almost entirely located away from the Enterprise – and its crew! And because I was given the chance to perform what Picard would have been like if his life experience had been different. But another important reason is that I had a son in that episode who was played by my son, Daniel Stewart. And if you care to see how he has grown up, watch my new series Blunt Talk.”

To read the entire AMA, head to the link located here. To find all of his answers in one place, click on the blue logo with sirpatstew on it and the list of Stewart’s answers will all be in one place.