The Captains Page #11

by the dint of work that

I'm doing, I'm alive,

By the passion I feel

for my wife, I'm alive,

by my family affairs,

I hold them so close,

I'm alive,

But death is right there,

And I'm fearful,

I'm panicked, I'm...

What are you fearful of?

Losing all this,

Now you're out there,

you finished ''Star Trek''

and you leave,

- Where do you go?

- Here,

Did you know

you were coming here?

Yeah, I have nowhere

else to go,

I have nowhere else to go,

You know when people say,

''Oh, what are you doing now?''

Well, I mean, what I'm doing

always,

I'm right here,

Here you are

At home

So happy

And yet you yearn

For more

What do you

yearn for?

What do you want?

What's life

Going to tell you?

You look at me

And wonder

You see?

You look at me and...

- Think

- No,

Doubt

You

Yeah,

Look at me

And wonder

Will the flame

Go out,

No.

No, no, no...

That flame is there

No one is sure

Of sunshine

No one is sure of rain

Yes!

All we know

But my love

For you

Will always

Be there

Will linger

On

And on

And on

All I know is that...

I have found...

a greater peace,

a greater tranquility,

a truer sense of who I am

and why I'm here

on stage

or in front of a camera

than I find in life,

Not fame, not money,

not even the craft itself

is more important to me

than the people that I love,

And that's

where I've come to,

I suppose that was always me,

but it takes some years

of feeling...

the deep

strains of love,

It's the only mystery that...

that is infinitely

important,

No, it's this thing

about the freedom

of how we conceive,

how we perceive each other,

the world,

the possibility of things,

I've always wanted to believe,

so when they present

something like

''Quantum Leap''

to me, or time travel,

I want to believe that,

I want to believe

that we can do that,

because I know that

we can split the atom

and move it from one

side of a cement block

to the other side of it and put

it back together again,

so theoretically,

we can do that,

So I'm on board, I'm there,

And when I see...

When your guys' show is on and

I'm looking at you guys flying,

I'm thinking, we're gonna be

able to do that someday,

It was one of the best

experiences of my life,

I met some of

the closest friends

that I think I'll ever have,

It certainly changed

the trajectory of my career,

but fundamentally,

and I think what acting is all

about and what you've shown

a great deal of,

especially with ''Boston Legal,''

is a sense of humor,

There's a fun, there's a joy,

I know...

that if it were all to end...

this evening,

everything,

I would be largely known

for my work on

''Star Trek,''

I would be Captain Picard,

Not Macbeth,

not King Lear,

not Shakespeare,

any of those things,

but Captain Picard,

And I am absolutely

fine with that,

Wow,

fine,

In this instant,

for you to have said that,

here's the gift you've given me,

I've made this long journey

from Los Angeles to London

to talk to you

and the gift I've got

is my realization

that I too would

feel the same way

if they say,

''That was Captain Kirk,''

All of the sudden,

I've suddenly

had a release to say,

I'm happy with that,

why not?

Great character, long-lived,

45 years later, people are

still talking about Captain...

Who does that?

- Unprecedented,

- Unprecedented,

So what if they say,

''Beam me up, Scotty''?

Yeah, yeah,

''If I could I would,''

should be my answer,

So, Scotty,

wherever you are,

it's okay to beam me up,

But not yet!

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