For the Love of Spock Page #12

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I'm proud of you, and I deeply love you.

Your father."

My life has become much,

much more about family.

I used to-- The way

I describe it now was

I used to major in career

and minor in family.

And now, I've turned it around.

I'm much more majoring in

family and minoring in career.

I do an occasional pop-up thing

here and there for friends,

but mostly, I'm dealing

with my family.

[Julie Nimoy] With dad

marrying our step-mom, Susan,

she and Aaron became

a part of our family.

She was great in the fact

that she showed Dad

that being with your children

and your grandchildren,

it's very important.

You need to be a part

of their life.

And let's bring

everybody together.

Let's... Let's have

a big family unit,

and we have a big family.

In the last years of his life

were the times that

the family got together

at the house

for any variety of occasions

from birthdays to holidays.

Leonard was a very

even-keeled guy.

He didn't always show

a lot of emotion

but I'd say those times at which he would

toast the family at those gatherings

were the times I maybe saw

him express the most emotion.

He was so grateful

to have everybody there.

He was grateful to feel the love

from everybody that was there.

And he was grateful to be able to

love the family the way that he did

and provide for the family

the way that he could.

The day Leonard died, I, uh...

He was in a coma,

and I, uh, leaned over

and said to him...

[clearing throat]

[crying]

"You made the world

stand up and listen."

And I'd swear

he nodded his head.

What I admired about Leonard

was his willingness

to love his family,

and because I was on the periphery

of it, I got that love.

It made him a wonderful actor

in the work We did.

And I think it

made him a mensch,

probably a word you're

going to hear a lot.

Mensch.

A mensoh is someone who's

responsible, and disciplined,

and you can count on.

He was just this

stable force in my life,

and I knew I could

always count on him.

He was the mensch of mensches.

He was loved and adored by,

I think, everybody on the set.

To create a character who

leaves a mark on the society,

that strikes a chord

that resonates,

Leonard Nimoy did that.

If there was a word you would

use to sum up or describe

either my dad as an individual

or as Spock, the character,

what would that be for you?

The first word that springs to

mind for both of them actually

is, I would say, is noble.

There was something about...

There's definitely something

about Spock which is very noble.

He's obviously a man of massive

integrity and conviction.

If I had to pick one word,

it would be dignity.

Artist.

Integrity.

Human.

He was a self-made

renaissance man,

but he had

a ubiquitous curiosity

about everything going on

in the world,

whether it was art,

photography, politics.

Logical.

Humble.

Hope.

Cool. Spock was cool.

I think a little bit of Spock needs

to be behind every important decision

we make in our lives, about

ourselves, or with regard to others.

The first word that does

come to mind is loving.

Love.

If it's free association,

then it's definitely just love.

What's yours?

["Star Trek The Original

Series" theme song playing]

["Starman" playing]

[singer]

All right. I got it.

I Didn't know what time it was

And the lights were low I

I I leaned back on my radio .P

I Some cat was laying down some rock

'n' roll "Lot of soul," he said J

I Then the loud sound

did seem to fade I

I Came back like a slow voice

on a wave of phase I

I That weren't no DJ

That was hazy cosmic jive I

There's a starman

waiting in the sky

I He'd like to come

and meet us I

I But he thinks

he'd blow our minds I

There's a starman

waiting in the sky

I He's told us not to blow it I

I 'Cause he knows

it's all worthwhile I

I He told me,

"Let the children lose it I

I Let the children use it

Let all the children boogie" I

I I had to phone someone

so I picked on you I

I Hey, that's far out

So you heard him too? I

Switch on the TV We may

pick him up on Channel Two J

I Look out your window

I can see his light I

I If we can sparkle

he may land tonight I

J Don't tell your papa or he'll

get us locked up in fright

There's a starman

waiting in the sky

I He'd like to come

and meet us I

I But he thinks

he'd blow our minds I

There's a starman

waiting in the sky

I He's told us not to blow it I

I 'Cause he knows

it's all worthwhile I

I He told me,

"Let the children lose it I

I Let the children use it

Let all the children boogie" I

There's a starman

waiting in the sky

I He'd like to come

and meet us I

I But he thinks

he'd blow our minds I

There's a starman

waiting in the sky

I He's told us not to blow it I

I 'Cause he knows

it's all worthwhile I

I He told me,

"Let the children lose it I

I Let the children use it,

let all the children boogie" I

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