You know, the process of making a documentary is one of discovery, and like writing a story, you follow a lead and that leads you to something else and then by the time you finish, the story is nothing like you expected.

Getting that audience approval is always a question mark, and it's always that flag that flutters in front of you.

Heroes, classical heroes have the look of eagles, too. They're looking beyond the immediate problem and into the future.

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

A director is a choreographer, both politically and creatively.

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.'

All I know is that I am constantly intrigued by something I'm doing.