The actor insists he’s not really walking away from the character.
“He’s here,” he says, pointing to his heart.
Patrick Stewartis saying goodbye to Jean-Luc Picard… again.

Patrick Stewart’s Jean-Luc Picard returns in the teaser for ‘Star Trek: Picard’ season 3.Paramount+
The actor insists he’s “not walking away” from Jean-Luc.
“He’s here,” the actor says, pointing to his heart.
“And he has been here for years and years and years.
“This happens a lot with the kind of work that actors do,” he adds.
“The higher the quality of the writing and the production and so forth increases that.
TheTrekComic-Con Hall H panel at the San Diego Convention Center revealeda first look at the actors' return.
McFadden teases what viewers can expect from the relationship between Picard and Crusher.
“I feel that Picard and Crusher have had this very particular love relationship,” she says.
“It’s very unique and it’s almost Shakespearian to me.
It’s almost like in the sonnet of ‘looks upon tempests but is never shaken.’
It is that sort of thing.
… We haven’t seen each other 20-25 years… that was really strong.”
Picardseason 3 will start streaming on Paramount+ next year.
Watch the full interview in the video above.