I only went to one Star Trek convention and that was in the late '80s. I hadn't gone to a convention before that. It was quite amusing, with the people dressed up and all of that.

Creative people are very insecure people because they don't know whether people like them or are in awe of them. That insecurity always comes out. It makes them a better actor, I feel.

Maybe I'm being philosophical and spiritual, but I believe that if you put negative energy out there that that is what will come back.

I just have beautiful memories of what has happened in my life.

If there is an exotic woman it's always a terrorist role.

After Star Trek, I was with the top agencies, but producers and directors did not know what to do with me.

I arrived in Hollywood and lived much of my life in America, but the fans did not really know me.

Everybody told me to stay in Hollywood. This was the place they said I could have a big career. What they failed to mention was that no one would quite know what to do with me.

I'm going down in history with Star Trek. It's a great feeling.

One thing about me, as far as my career is concerned, is that I'm very confident. I know I'm good.

A lot of people remember me from Star Trek. They've all forgotten all the other things I've done. I was so identified with the role.

lie can run but they can’t hide

Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement surrounded by a rich variety of individual differences.

Every time I see something terrible, it's like I see it at age 19. I keep a freshness that way.

It's the stupid questions that have some of the most surprising and interesting answers. Most people never think to ask the stupid questions.

Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.

... the weakest among us has a gift, however seemingly trivial, which is peculiar to him, and which, worthily used, will be a gift also to his race forever.

From 8,000 miles away... I would not judge a fellow soldier from a friendly nation and how they are employing their resources.

Reason can get you to probability, but only commitment can get you to certainty.

Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America...

What is living about? It is the decisions you must make between two rights, hard and costly decisions because always you can do one right thing, but sometimes not two.