One of my philosophies as a director is to listen to other people's great ideas because they'll help make you better.

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.

One of my philosophies as a director is to listen to other people's great ideas because they'll help make you better.

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 think I'm a better director than I ever was an actor. I'd love to go back to acting, but nobody seems to want me.

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

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