I have felt many times trapped by 'Star Trek.' It cost me dearly. It won't anymore, because I've come to grips with what it is and where it fits in my life.
When you get into an airplane by yourself and take off, you find yourself in this lovely, three-dimensional world where you can go in any direction. There is no feeling any more exciting than that.
These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five year mission... to boldly go where no man has gone before.
To cast Mr. Spock, I made a phone call to Leonard, and he came in. That was it.
When they put out the sales brochure when we eventually went to series, they carefully rounded Spock's ears and made him look human so he wouldn't scare off potential advertisers.
No, ancient astronauts did not build the pyramids - human beings built them, because they're clever and they work hard.
