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would be worth it,

because just

beyond the next planet,

just beyond the next star,

there would be

something... magnificent,

something noble,

The thing about

working with Scott is,

he has such a disarming

quality and a...

There's just

something about him

that you're put at ease,

and I think that's...

he wants that to happen,

He wants that sort of one-on-one

relationship with a person,

Lead me along the lines of your

awareness of ''Star Trek,''

- My awareness?

- Yeah,

- It starts and ends with you,

- Really?

- Tell me about that,

- Yeah, 'cause I...

When I was in college, you guys

were... hit the rerun world,

five nights a week,

and that was...

It was mandatory

viewing, and it was...

And I was in a fraternity,

and the fraternity

stopped at 11:
00 at night,

you were... wherever you were,

if you were at a bar,

whatever you're

doing, studying, whatever,

stop, ''Star Trek's'' on,

What were you

thinking?

Why... why were you watching?

I watched because I loved the

male relationships on the show,

and, of course, you watch

because you wanna be you guys,

wanted to be you,

but the way you guys

related to each other

and the camaraderie and the

friendship and the love,

I always said,

you know, the love,

You know...

That was my goal,

one of the things I was

attracted to

about doing my version

was to try and get that back,

and I don't...

We didn't succeed the way you

guys did,

but that's why I watched,

Why not?

That's a good question,

There's magic in casting

and there's magic in the actors

around you

and you can't...

you can't make it happen,

It either happens sometimes

and it doesn't happen,

I had a great cast,

I don't... I can't...

I couldn't really tell you,

All I know is that you guys

had it in a way

that was so appealing,

Do you know what you get if

you feed a Tribble too much?

A fat Tribble,

No, you get a whole bunch of

hungry little Tribbles,

Well, Bones, all I can suggest

i s y o u o p e n u p

a m ate rn i ty wa rd ,

What's interesting about it is

everybody says,

it's so brave of you not to

try to imitate William Shatner,

I said, ''Well, of course...

There's no courageousness

at all involved with it,''

I think, you know, the obvious

choice would be, clearly,

to try to do your own thing,

because anything else

would just be a joke,

There was a conversation

all the time about, because...

Your imprint on the character

is, like Nimoy on Spock,

is... will stand

the test of time,

so knowing that this was

some kind of prequeI

and we are

essentially versions of...

I am a version of you,

to hopefully pepper

the character with some...

some things that would...

- Mannerisms, behaviors,

- Something that would resonate,

That would resonate,

I'm coming with you,

I would cite regulation, but I

know you will simply ignore it,

See?

We are getting

to know each other,

In the early weeks of

shooting the pilot,

somebody said to me,

''How does it feel to be filling

the shoes of Captain Kirk?

How does it feel to be filling

the shoes of William Shatner?''

And I said, ''Excuse me,

''but William Shatner

and Captain Kirk

is still filling his shoes

more than adequately,''

I'm attempting to fill

different shoes,

You hovered over

our early weeks

and months on the series...

Like...

Like a Klingon warbird,

Oh, no, the Romulans had

warbirds, didn't they?

You see, you know...

It's been longer for me

than you,

I know, but I bet you would not

have made that mistake,

I would not have made...

I would not have used that

simile at all,

But I was trying to find,

you know, something that,

rather ominously, slightly

threateningly,

you know, kind of

hang over your heads,

That was what William Shatner

and Captain Kirk was,

I think, for many of us,

though we would never have

admitted it at the time,

Did you ever see

the ''Star Trek'' I did?

No,

Had you ever heard of me?

Possibly,

- Possibly not,

- Possibly not,

That's a pretty nice-looking

costume you have,

What...

what era is that?

- Oh, my gosh!

- Oh, my gosh!

- What era is that?

- I'm a Tribble slayer,

- You're a Tribble slayer?

- Yeah,

- Wow,

- Yeah,

Wish I were a Tribble,

Hey, everybody,

Imagine finding you here!

- How are you?

- Hi,

Hey!

- Back of my hand,

- Hi there,

Can I just

put a big heart?

Doesn't recognize...

Jeri Ryan,

Listen, if I had to vote,

she was the most beautiful girl

on ''Star Trek'' I ever saw, ever,

- Aw, you're so sweet,

- Ever,

And you would know,

- Mr, Shatner,

- How are you?

Holy cats,

Iook at that, the pumpkin,

Holy crap,

that's William Shatner,

Hey, how you doing?

Oh, my God!

I was this close!

Do you believe this?

The most beautiful girl in

''Star Trek'' is still selling,

Still selling,

You look beautiful,

Liz, is it okay

if I kiss him?

- Yes, it's okay,

- Kiss him, kiss him, kiss him,

It's okay,

- Is your husband here?

- He is,

- Where is he?

- Where's my sweetie?

How are you?

Hi, how are you?

Oh, excuse me,

- Sally Kellerman,

- Yes,

The most beautiful girl who ever

appeared on ''Star Trek,''

The real way to determine the

success of the various captains

in the ''Star Trek'' franchise is

to see whose action figure

is still available,

Now, we have

Patrick Stewart here,

so Patrick is a very popular

and very wonderful captain,

but how popular could he be?

'Cause you can

still find his figure,

Is Captain Kirk here?

Did we see a...

Did we see a, um...

Apparently, um...

this is very

exciting news for you, Bill,

You're sold out,

During the shooting, y'know,

the audience doesn't... isn't

quite aware as you and I are

that the hours are

so overwhelming,

Yeah,

Minimal 1 2-hour day and most of

the days longer than that

and then you've got

publicity and interviews

and rewrites

and other things to do

having to do with production,

that the end of the week,

you're exhausted,

You only get enough rest

on the weekends sometimes

if you're not traveling

someplace

and then you're back again

doing it for 40 weeks,

So the working actor,

if he knows anything,

is not complaining,

but it's overwhelming,

and no time for relationships

of any kind, including

your family,

- Did you find that?

- Yeah, very much so,

Not as much in ''Enterprise,''

but when I did ''Quantum Leap''

years ago, it was...

That was a marathon,

I liken that

to a marathon,

to try to get to

the end of the season,

I had five days off in

4 years

when I wasn't on the set,

from first shot to last shot,

Did it affect your

relationships?

- Absolutely, absolutely,

- Did it affect your marriage?

- Absolutely, absolutely,

- How badly?

How bad?

- Well, that marriage ended,

- Right,

- So did mine,

- And that was really a...

It wasn't a direct

product of it,

but it was...

it certainly fed into it,

So you're working all

these hours

and your wife

is waiting at home,

and she says, ''Will you be

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