My understanding is, the fans are so ravenous in Canada, they gnaw on the stars.
I'm gonna reveal something to you that's going to come as a shock: If you're a stupid young man, you're usually a stupid old man. Most people, including myself, keep repeating the same mistakes.
Spencer Tracy was a man who did very much what I do on a set, and that is, he comes down and he does his job, and then he goes back to his dressing room.
Most people, including myself, keep repeating the same mistakes.
The mysteriousness and mystique of space is such, that science fiction attempts to tantalize you by telling you a story that could possibly be out there and that's the appeal of science fiction.
It's irksome to read about someone I don't recognize. It frightens me.
Acting is easier - writing is more creative. The lazy man vies with the industrious.
There's a joy and a pain about directing where the dreams you have are becoming concrete but the attention to detail, the need for time is such that it's overwhelming at times, and the stream of responsibility.
When there are tiers of meaning in an ad it intrigues the audience and they look for it again and again.
I didn't realize that, in doing a documentary, there is this process of discovery. It's not like a film or a play with a set script. It sort of reveals itself.
I'm looking for the perfect paintball movie.
I'm always open to the possibility that somebody's got a better idea than I have. It happens with some frequency.
If you read my books, especially the Star Trek books and the Quest for Tomorrow books, you'll see in them the core theme of the basic humanistic questions that Star Trek asked.
Remember - you can't beam through a force field. So, don't try it.
I enjoyed reading all the classic authors like Isaac Asimov and Bradbury.
I believe in taking what happens as inevitable.
Getting that audience approval is always a question mark, and it's always that flag that flutters in front of you.
When I direct and have to look at filmed scenes of myself, I suck.
A director is a choreographer, both politically and creatively.
But if you want to know the truth, the weirdest thing that has happened has been my discovery that people who attend the conventions are filled with love.
I hate flying, flat out hate its guts.
Yeah, I do stand-up, my own type of stand-up.
In my proudest moments, I think I had a real hand in the creative force of making 'Star Trek.' But most of the time, I don't think about it.
The conundrum of free will and destiny has always kept me dangling.
If you make a fool of yourself, you can do it with dignity, without taking your pants down. And if you do take your pants down, you can still do it with dignity.
No, I don't regret anything at this point. That may change on the next phone call, but at the moment I don't regret anything.
Babies have big heads and big eyes, and tiny little bodies with tiny little arms and legs. So did the aliens at Roswell! I rest my case.
Sci-fi films are the epic films of the day because we can no longer put 10,000 extras in the scene - but we can draw thousands of aliens with computers.
I can't type. Can't do it.
I'm a performer, comedian, entertainer, writer and director.
There's too many people in the world.
When I did the film Generations, in which the character died, I felt like a guest for the first time. That made me very sad.
I love horses. There's something practical and mystical about them.
Tabloid stuff just offends.
I don't think in terms of God.
I see myself as an actor with a love of music.