Within weeks of our premiere, it became obvious that Leonard [Nimoy] and the character of Spock were becoming something of a national phenomenon. ... And to be unflatteringly frank, it bugged me. ... [Then, Gene Roddenberry] said to me the wisest thing he could possibly have uttered. He said, `Don't ever fear having good and popular people around you, because they can only enhance your own performance. The more you can play to these people, the better the show.'

My understanding is, the fans are so ravenous in Canada, they gnaw on the stars.

Nobody could have imagined the phenomenon that 'Star Trek' became. It's still almost impossible to imagine.

I didn't want to do the sitcom thing, but I didn't know what else to do.

Everybody has their 15 minutes, and those 15 minutes should be spent in a private limo and a private plane. It's the ultimate.

I think the supernatural is a catch-all for everything we don't understand about the vast other parts of life that we cannot perceive.

Captain Kirk has been a source of pleasure and income for a long time.