Shatner nimoy mind meld7/9/2023 ![]() Spock’s Music from Outer Space.”ĭoing it. I have a colleague here who really swears by “Mr. If you were approached with the same passion and interest, could you be convinced to record another album? They wrote a very exciting script - I think it’s obvious that it’s a very big movie, but it’s also a very touching and very personal movie. And it really put me back in touch with what I felt was the best of what “Star Trek” and Spock were when we were making the original Passionately about what “Star Trek” was for them. and Bob Orci and Alex Kurtzman, the writers. I had not been asked to play Spock ever since then, until J. That’s the film in which they killedĬaptain Kirk, I thought rather gratuitously. You can distribute those lines amongst anyone else in the scene and it wouldn’t make any difference.” I did not appear in that film. And I said to the producer at the time: “There’s no real SpockĬharacter in this film. It was expositional dialogue that had nothing to do with the Spock character. How were you persuaded to appear in the new film?įirst “Generations” film, there was one scene where all the original cast was included, including Spock.īut the Spock dialogue was not Spock character dialogue. I’ve heard that you were approached over the years to portray Spock in other “Trek” projects and declined. And I would nod very quietly and very sagely I would say, “You’re ![]() And then they’d say to me, “What do you think?” Expecting me to have some very sound advice. They walked me through, and they would we’re doing this and we’re doing that, and we’re trying Was introduced to a number of very brilliant young people who were working on interesting projects. I had an embarrassing experience once, many years ago. A lot of people didn’t get past the title.ĭo fans still expect you to be as conversant in “Star Trek” lore and mythology as they are? Not enough people made it to that page of the book. But I did say in that book that if I were given the choice of any character ever portrayed I’m an actor who portrays this character. My parents were Russian immigrants Spock’s were not. I talked about the fact that I grew up in Boston and I was trying to illuminate the actor’s process in creating a character. Tell us about “Star Trek.” Why don’t you do more “Star Trek”? It was a problem then.Īnd I did write a book called “I Am Not Spock,” which was a mistake. During that time, whenever I went about my business acting in other projects, the questions were always about “Star Trek”: Hunger for “Star Trek,” but there were none produced for 11 years. Around 71, 72, suddenly this whole thing erupted into a phenomenon. Had finished making the original series, and “Star Trek” became enormously popular in reruns in the 1970s. The only time it was a concern was when we I know that the title of your book “I Am Not Spock” has been misconstrued, but was the burden of having been Spock ever too much for you? When was the last time someone approached you by saying they really enjoyed your performance in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”? So I thought, “Well, I guess we’re wrong.” But I say NEE-moy. The last year, my wife and I went to see a wonderful production done by the Abbey Theater players, But that’s interesting what you’re saying about GAH-doh. A few days ago I learned I’d been consistently mispronouncing the title of “Waiting for Godot.” So how is your last name correctly pronounced?
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