This is slander
Remember your taxonomic nomenclature!
As someone who did acting to finance college…
I can confirm the sterotype which is:
Never act with children or animals.
Sad, but true.
Because they don’t just do what they’re told, you have to adjust your work flow to suit them.
That’s a very Brent Spiner thing to say, doesn’t mean he actually hated that cat. And it wasn’t just one cat playing the role anyway. Most if not all of them were good cats I’m sure.
I vaguely remember reading an interview about this though, Brent was saying the cats were terrible for not staying where they needed to be and their scenes always took ages. I don’t think he hated the animals, but the resentment was real.
If I spent 7 years playing my character as a boy, only to suddenly become female for the sake of a single episode where I get pregnant I’d be pissed too.
Spot was classically trained and had doubts about the seriousness of the project, so there were a few ego clashes early on
