The most important influence in my childhood was my father.

I ran around with the other youngsters, hunting, fishing and raising tadpoles and all the rest.

You see, I was the son of a baptist minister.

Star Trek is perhaps the best thing that ever happened to me, in a career sense.

I have no aspiration whatsoever to be the next great leading man.

Star Trek has brought so much of what I want within my grasp.

I once aged 90 years old in one episode.