As the captain, I was going to be having the dominant role in most of the episodes, and that was appealing. I wasn't interested in coming to Hollywood to sit around.

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I began directing episodes, which was a great light every couple of months. We never...

I began directing episodes, which was a great light every couple of months. We never...

The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially...

The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially...

I've met actors where you think, if only you could just clean up your act...

I've met actors where you think, if only you could just clean up your act...

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I was brought up in a very poor and very violent household. I spent much...

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I became a better listener than I ever had been as a result of playing...

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One day, out of irritation, I said, you know all of those years with the...

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It wasn't until the first season ended that I went to my first Star Trek...

For seven years I did very little theatre, and I have to make up some...

For seven years I did very little theatre, and I have to make up some...

I am told that there have been over the years a number of experiments taking...

I am told that there have been over the years a number of experiments taking...

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I wasn't campaigning for a role in a Hollywood television series, it was a fluke....

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During the course of the seven years I played scenes with an oil slick, I...

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One of the things that I've come to understand is that as I talk a...

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It is what you do from now on that will either move our civilization forward...

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Creating a believable world on the ship was very important, and technically they got better...

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As time went on, I did campaign to lighten the character a little bit, to...

The truth of the matter is, all of those guys on Star Trek: The Next...

The truth of the matter is, all of those guys on Star Trek: The Next...

I am not the archetypal leading man. This is mainly for one reason: as you...

I am not the archetypal leading man. This is mainly for one reason: as you...

Tom Hanks knows the name of all the episodes.

Tom Hanks knows the name of all the episodes.

Roddenberry had created quite a complex and at times mysterious character. Guarded, cautious, careful in...

Roddenberry had created quite a complex and at times mysterious character. Guarded, cautious, careful in...