I like contemporary American literature and I like biographies and I like jazz and I like baseball and I like writers who write about the human condition and sci-fi is just something that I happened into.

I think Star Trek has been very double-edged for all of us - as actors, writers, directors.

No, the type-casting didn't happen until after Star Trek. I don't think that you get typecast until you've been cast!

I don't think you ever leave Star Trek for good.

I always enjoyed going into the holodeck.

I think, unfortunately or fortunately, the reality of Hollywood is that if your movie makes money, they'll make another one.

I think, frankly, that I'm a better director than I was an actor.