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"I might not be the fastest
" I might not be the highest or the strongest.
"I might not be the best or the brightest " But one thing I can do is better than others,
That being me, " which is the poem you wrote
Now, finally, all of that can do, isn't it?
You can do it well by doing that?.
Doing work the good thing is by being myself, being yourself
That's all I ask myself.
because as I said, I am not the fastest,
and I am not the brightest, and anything, you know.
This morning we remember the beloved actor
Who is the eternal character in pop culture, Leonard Nimoy.
- Leonard Nimoy. - Leonard Nimoy.
Leonard Nimoy.
- Leonard Nimoy. - Leonard Nimoy.
Leonard Nimoy has died at the age of 83.
When news arrived today that actor Leonard Nimoy had died,
The president says, "I love Spock."
I have and always will become... your friend.
Long live...
And prosper.
Listen to this.
I just received an e-mail from Wil Wheaton.
His son Leonard Nimoy is working on a documentary film
That he started with his father before he died.
This is about Mr. Spock and its impact on our culture.
"For the sake of Love Spock," Adam Nimoy. Mark.
We want to do something to celebrate
The 50th anniversary of "Star Trek"
Which one will be coming soon in 2016.
And documentaries about Spock have never been produced before.
I think that's an interesting idea
To make a movie only focuses on Spock,
Who is he, how did he appear,
And why does he continue to resonate for 50 years,
All as part of the celebration From the birthday of "The Original Series".
And for a few minutes I suggested this to Dad, when he was still there.
Although my father has a long life and is prosperous and has never smoked in a few years,
He died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Over 30 years of smoking.
After Dad dies, becomes clear
That in the film is required enter his life
As well as the life of Mr. Spock.
And who in turn delivered me on the journey of discovery
About my relationship with my father.
Well, I'm from Boston at first.
I have been in Los Angeles working in films out and in for about 17 years.
I started acting when I was little, about eight years old
In a residential neighborhood in Boston.
And in that environment I grew up.
I keep doing it because I like it.
And suddenly decide that I like it enough
Want to make a career out of it.
So I came to California in 1949
And start acting in the film.
Now my parents are very diligent, responsible, practical people.
I grew up during the Depression.
When I told them at the age of 17
That I will study drama at Pasadena Playhouse
And being an actor, they are grieving.
They tried to block me by refusing to give a lecture, saying,
"You have to do it without help from us."
They really oppose it...
Because they must be--
Hope he will work to another profession of the same kind.
But he is not suitable for all that.
He wants to do what he wants to do.
Being stubborn,
I set aside money by selling vacuum cleaners.
I bought train tickets, and I headed west to California.
So I walked along the streets of Pasadena
In September summer, sweat flows.
I wear a wool suit, tie that is painted by hand, and leather shoes.
I definitely look like someone who just arrived
Get off the boat from Transylvania.
My mother is an actress,
And he met my father backstage at a theater in Hollywood.
But he released it all to being a housewife.
My sister was born in the year 55.
My father was on duty at that time.
Then my parents came back to Los Angeles,
And I was born in 56.
My mother told me that when my sister Julie and I were young,
My father was very involved in helping him take care of us.
♪ Now and then when we fall in place ♪
♪ It makes me feel all right ♪
♪ Makes me feel all right ♪
♪ Back and forth we will win this race ♪
♪ To find out what it is ♪ like ♪
♪ In time, I'll be just fine ♪
♪ In time, I 'll be all right ♪
♪ Now and then when we fall in place ♪
♪ It makes me feel all right ♪
One of my favorites memories of my father
He was very active during the early 60s,
Doing all kinds of work.
He fixes the fish tank.
He prepares everything in the office of the doctor
It feels like a kind of mode in the early 60s,
And daddy has a place in the market.
We know that daddy sells ice cream
You know, he works in a pet store.
He's a taxi driver.
He takes care of the aquarium.
He has a vending machine at One Point,
So he has all these little knick-knacks stored in a box.
He works at Wil Wright Ice Cream Parlor.
He manages an apartment building.
He doesn't go around.
And even when father is at home,
Those are all home improvement projects
My father is really a smart man.
He can do anything.
Like building a wall the big wall in our backyard.
He tries hard so that his career continues to run,
To carry out his life, to do what he wants to do,
Which term in art, becomes an actor.
One of my idols is Lon Chaney,
The so-called man with a thousand faces in a movie,
Because he can change characters so drastically
From one appearance to another.
And I consider myself like that person.
I go to the makeup or costume section,
And get things together and find characters.
- What did you see? - There is no.
- What is that for? - It is nothing.
Next time you want to see me, form a row to the right. the entry ticket is 25 cents.
If they see water in desert where there is no water,
That is the eyes of those who lie, not my mouth.
Only have one of your many coins
a responsibility to bring you to the problem more than you offer.
Don't feel afraid of me, Marshal.
There are no people who kill bees.
He just wants to follow him to honey.
He is a good person. just don't have enough rest in 20 years.
Now he has been built partially back.
He gets a little dignity, is small.
You won't deny he is a good AL and a good officer.
No, no, he is both.
Then why is he a critic?
You won't understand, do you think, Sanders?
I have no choice.
- Hello? - I won't let you do it.
This is for you, Lieutenant.
I did this work in an episode of from the series "The Lieutenant".
A few weeks after I finished the job, my agent called me and said,
"Gene Roddenberry sees the recording,
" he is interested in you, likes what you do,
"And say that he has ideas for your role
as a pilot he is developing for a series of science fiction series"
Period.
I really don't give a lot of thought.
You hear such a thing, and you're on a long trip because of looking for work.
What about some characters on the show?
Do you make them with certain actors in mind?
Leonard Nimoy is one of the actors
I must have in mind.
And I think,
"If I ever do this, this science fiction I want to do,
" he can make great aliens.
And with cheekbones, some kind of pointed ears might work well to audition,
or read for it, or... whatever
He is very pleasant and says, "Let's take a walk"
And he invited me to walk to the beautiful design department he shows the set plan is being built,
Introducing me beautiful design.
He invited me to walk to the property section.
Show me some property tools that are being created.
Costume section, same thing.
"Here are some clothes sketches."
I thought, "this is interesting
" As if he said to me, I did this job.
If I keep my mouth shut, I might have a job here, "right right?
Before "Star Trek" I have never had an job that lasted more than two weeks
in every television program or movie, never. Two weeks
Mr. Spock here We are crossing...
I don't have a cool appearance in mind at first I have jagged hair and thick eyebrows,
and we try hard with the ear
the studio has an contract with company
To do special effects for performances.
Not a special effect film,
But material like suits for monsters,
monster clothes, and things like that.
And included in the contract are the ears.
They should do the ear part.
Now, they are very good creating monsters,
And we use it all in series, in this particular company.
But they are not really specialists
in it is very good, types of tools good work
That is what is needed to add something to someone with its completeness
And making it really look like is part of that person.
We come immediately intervene in time about three or four days to take a series of images,
And I said to Gene Roddenberry,
"This won't work, and maybe we are better forget about the ears."
Well, he insisted he wanted 's ears to be part of the character.
And he said, "You have to try, and let the work. Let's solve the problem
" And at the end of the 13th performance if you are not satisfied with the ear,
I will write a script where Spock gets a task to make an ear "
So we move forward and solve the problem,
and Fred Phillips, the real makeup man
who will do my makeup every day in each series,
knows what the problem is
and a few days before we start making movies,
he was called the equipment expert,
and we quickly go to him
The affairs of the ear are completed around 24 hours.
And they are ready, and they are perfect, and that solves problems.
Freddie Phillips always says
That Leonard Nimoy was reported to work at 6:30 a.m.,
and Mr. Spock can always be relied on to arrive somewhere around 7:15 a.m.
Surely there is something out there, Captain, lead the way.
Our tests show planet's surface
Without more consideration plants or animals,
simple too barren to support life.
First time, it doesn't sell.
But, uh, NBC...
NBC thinks too "cerebral" that's the term they use.
The network found the first pilot too "cerebral", they said.
Not enough straight-line stories.
And it's not unusual when they decide to try the second pilot.
NBC says 'Gene to fire'
Almost all players, including me.
Well, Gene feels very strong in most of the characters I describe,
That every time I'm on the
screen You will be reminded that we have a mixed crew.
So he's stuck in his gun a coincidence for me.
Even the original pilots have different captains,
Jeff Hunter.
The only actor who stays longer
... is Leonard Nimoy.
And then, I got a surprise.
I open my letter, and here is a, this is a pamplet.
From NBC sales and promotion section.
And that's a let about "Star Trek,"
This new series will soon air
..had arrived in the fall,
I see a picture of myself as Spock,
And that doesn't look right.
Something strange in my opinion.
And the closer I see, the more I realize that
They make me straight eyebrows out, make it look normal,
And they have released the tip of the ear.
The network says,
"We are very dependent on numbers in the 'Bible Belt',
" and they will not accept a character in their home
That looks evil with these pointed ears "
Do you cast me to play Satan?
Not at all, Captain
Are there people on this ship
who are even a little... looks like a devil
I don't realize who matches the description, Captain
no, Mr. Spock, I don't think you're the person
Dr. Dehner felt he wasn't that dangerous What makes you right, and a trained psychiatrist is wrong?
Because of her touch. I'm not
What I know is logic.
In my opinion, we will be lucky if we can repair this ship and go on time.
One reason for changing
In the Spock character when you come on board
That's because when I work with Jeffrey Hunter--
Jeffrey Hunter actor who is very full of inspiration.
Very good actor. This is the style he works for.
There is an old joke about two actors preparing to play a scene.
And someone said to the others, "What are you going to do in playing this scene?"
And one of them said, "I didn't play anything."
Others say, "No, no, no,
You can't play anything I don't play anything..."
So here's Jeffrey Hunter playing calm, full-sighted appearance
Ah!
And I feel a necessity to help drive something that is contrary to that.
Right, right.
- On the contrary, we both don't play anything. - Right.
And when you come on the plane with your energy,
And a sense of humor, and twinkle in the eyes,
I feel ready to later become cool Spock.
What has happened to you that is where there is certainty... inability
and constantly questioning me about the things that you have prepared in your mind about it?
This keeps my emotions awake.
Leonard bounces out of me can be now more dramatic in
Allows me to be outside,
And two forces make an interesting combination.
I prefer concreteness, easy to hold, can be proven.
You will make a good computer, Mr. Spock.
That is the kindness of you, Captain.
You know, I don't know if I have played Kirk
and it will be the beginning for me to have a sense of humor with Spock.
I don't know that I will be able to make it,
But Shatner has already made it, "I can make love with Spock."
I mean, you know...
Without offending characters.
"I can play with him."
Surely you don't know what is a disorder?
The fact of one of my ancestors was married to a female human...
Terrible has dirty blood like that.
These two characters are Yin and Yang.
They are the ones in front of the camera,
And do it beautifully, majestically.
There must be some intelligent creatures from life in Thasus.
He can't possibly survive alone.
Concentrated food vessels will run out in one year or more.
At that time he will eat fruits, vegetables, and nuts.
The satellite from Thasus shows very few edible plants.
And satellites are known to be wrong.
Doctor, are you talking scientifically or emotionally?
I think McCoy's character is played by D. Kelley
created, as the fans call it, triad,
Because he is an ordinary person.
Surely a brilliant doctor,
But he has everything from irritation, frustration,
The reaction most people have.
The only one that can be used well foods that are difficult to dissolve.
Doctor, you are a sensual person.
You risk your pointed ears to me.
This is actually some interesting things from the triumvirate
Between Spock, Bones, and Kirk.
And for Kirk, Spock is hers...
You know, they are like devils and angels on their shoulders, really.
Spock is intelligence, and logic, and instinct,
And you know, McCoy is more like some of his emotions,
A little more, you know, is like a spontaneous side.
The banter between McCoy and Spock is...
Often an interesting element in performances
and needed in movies.
What's up, Spock?
There is something disturbing about this creature.
I don't know too much about this little Tribbles
But there is one thing I have found
What is it, doctor?
I like them better than I like you.
Doctors, they do have one redemption characteristic.
What is that?
They don't talk too much.
If you have the kind of cynical intelligence like McCoy,
And you have a feeling arrogant and just like small talk like Kirk,
And then you have intelligence and cold reasons like Spock,
He is like a perfect human being combines all into one
The following program is presented to you in live colors on NBC.
It was the first night premiere
We must actually go to some friends' houses,
Because they have a color TV, a large color TV console.
We don't have any.
We have a large console black and white.
Why don't you tell me I am an attractive young woman
Or ask me if I have already fallen in love?
Tell me how your planet Vulcan is seen on a lazy night when the moon is full.
Vulcan does not have a month, Miss. Uhura.
I'm not surprised, Mr. Spock.
Father in the costume, Vulcan costume,
It's like, "Wow, this is really cool."
I remember that it was like a good night for us.
This is not Nancy.
If she is Nancy, can she take this?
Stop it! Stop it, Spock!
Stop it!
Did you read?
Open frequency, Mr. Spock.
Spock here, Captain.
Hi, Dad.
When I come visit the stage--
They start shooting for the first season
In late May and early June in 1966.
I am nine years old, almost 10 years,
And I go for summer vacation.
And this is why Father will bring me to work with him.
I will wake up early in the morning,
And we will drive to Desilu right next to Paramount land,
And I will be there all day.
So I went to California, and of course, Leonard who took care of--
I live in Leonard's house And he said, "Guess what. I have this new program."
This is 1966.
I said, "What is that?" He said, "it's called Star Trek"
He said, "You have to come to the stage" I said, "Of course."
You know, I'm in the theater,
And this is my first time in Hollywood.
And I'm out there, and I walk towards the set,
And I see Leonard.
He comes out of the locker room,
And I saw his eyebrows from up to here...
I see his eyebrows from up to here
And I see this ear in him,
And I said, "Gosh, what is this?"
And he did a scene, and he looked great in the scene.
But I said... I was with him beside him. I can't believe it.
I said, "Leonard, Leonard, come here. I have already said to you."
I say, "No matter what you do, you have to get out of here as fast as you can
This is a treadmill towards oblivion"
The "Variety" review gave us
When we first aired in September 1966.
And I think you will enjoy hearing what our business shows, the Bible talks about us
The first week we went on air.
This is the day of September--
It appeared on September 14, 1966, just about 25 years ago.
It says, "Star Trek with William Shatner, Leonard Nomoid--"
"Star Trek won't work."
That's the opening sentence.
Then he said, "Something extraordinary and gloomy from confusion...
" goes to great lengths for hours... "
"... with almost no description of violence, murder, hypnosis,
And something that isn't liked, ugly giants "
" William Shatner-- "Shh!
" William Shatner looks stiff, "he said
I didn't say it. It's written here, right?
I have never heard him being a defendant,
accused of being stiff before, you know
"Spock!"
"Scotty!"
"I want to warp fast in four minutes, or we all die!"
Then he said, "the same thing applies to Leonard Nimoy".
There are around 500 or 1,000 that can play our characters effectively.
There is only one person who can play Mr. Spock.
Spock is the name for exactly the type of work I have prepared to do.
He is a character with good character and dynamic spiritual life,
Half human, half Vulcan.
He is the embodiment of an alien,
Like immigrants who surrounded me in Boston in my first years.
How do you find your way
As an alien in a foreign culture?
Keep your Vulcan hands away from me.
Keep a distance.
Your feelings might get hurt, you're half-human green.
May I say that I don't really enjoy working with humans.
I find their incompetence and disturbing stupid emotions.
Then changes outside, weird.
Almost everyone, and there are exceptions,
But most people feel a little like aliens.
I want to argue completely not everyone is like that.
So, there is something that is amazingly entertaining
And relatable to know that Spock feels like itself.
I grew up as a thin child, nerds, cheerful children in the south,
You know, in the 70s.
Not exactly a comfortable existence.
There are lots of internal conflicts.
Become a Spock character from the beginning...
And you know, when I was five years old, I don't know why,
Or seven, I don't know why,
But I'm fascinated
By this character the is based on internal conflicts.
Spock, I think people recognize themselves inside themselves.
He, um, an alien.
He is an alien.
I think everyone feels like aliens sometimes.
And since he is not an outsider is not human,
That is the difference that everyone can relate to in their own way.
People sometimes think they shouldn't be in a group.
And really that's what I've found, you know...
I am very high since when I was young,
And I feel different from others.
And I'm really related to with that character.
I think that is the first episode
We shot after 'The Pilot' when we started production.
There is a scene where the ship starts to be threatened By some outside problems, dangerous external forces,
And there are many activities on board.
The captain once said, "Do it like that and like that
Press this button. Do this. Warp three. Take us out of here," and so on
And Spock has one word to say, and the word is, "Awesome"
And we are looking at this on the screen,
and other people begin to react, "Oh, look at that. Blah, blah."
And I'm stuck in that energy,
and I say, "Awesome."
And the director gave me a brilliant note, and he said,
"Be different. Be a scientist. Be self-sufficient.
Look at it as something that is curious not a threat"
Awesome
Well... most of the characters are born there
If I seem to be insensitive to what you are going to go through, Captain,
understand... that is my way.
A lesser-known actor will say, "Why do I want to play him? He doesn't have any emotions."
But he has so many emotions.
But he also has emotional control.
Express a small portion of what he feels,
And I think it's fun for viewers to watch
To see if there is a light from something that erupts out
I have a very interesting conversation
With your father about Spock,
Because we are talking about him as a cold person, an emotionless man.
And Leonard said, "I never played him like that.
I always play him as a man who tries to maintain his emotions."
And I think it's wise and clever choices,
Because it brings dynamic tension with what you see on the screen,
Especially when viewed closely,
a man who tries to stay closed.
It must be destroyed.
You tried to destroy it once before, Commodore (Navy Officer).
The result is damage the ship and crew are killed.
I officially tell you that I practiced in my choice
under the rules as a Star Fleet Commodity,
And that I assume command in Enterprise.
You can't let him do this, Spock.
Doctor, you're off track.
So do you... Sir.
Well, Spock?
Unfortunately, Star Fleet ranks 104, Part B does not give me a choice.
Mr. Spock, I order you to accept the command
On my personal authority as the captain of the Enterprise.
Commodity Decker, you are free to assign
I don't recognize your authority for freeing my assignment.
Commodore, I don't want to make you a prisoner.
You bluff.
Vulcan never bluffs.
I talked about it when I was very influenced
by what I saw Harry Belafonte do on stage last night.
He appeared on the stage, and the spotlight highlighted him,
and he's there. He just stood there very calmly.
Applause. The next song, stand there calmly and sing.
Now he certainly already exists on stage 10 or 15 minutes.
He just stands there with his hands on his thighs,
and singing, and when he makes a movement,
It's like the whole place is shaken up.
It's like, "Wow!" You know?
That's so awesome
Wow, something interesting.
If you are minimal, will be something big
If you are minimal, will be a big thing
He is lost.
You make a comment with eyebrows,
Which is as strong as a thrower.
He has no human side reckless for the consequences.
Most of the time, can be contained,
But sometimes,
You know, especially at the end of 'Amok Time',
When he realizes that he doesn't kill Kirk,
there are sweet moments like, "Jim!"
Which one is that... So valuable
There can be no reason for a crime because I feel guilty.
I intend to suggest not defense
Next, may I govern Mr. Scott
To take over command immediately this ship.
Don't you think you better check first with me?
Captain!
Jim!
I... nice to meet you, Captain.
You seem... hurt.
Is this a kind of toy?
To play.
Therefore, not to play with it will be...
Not logical.
Damn, Spock, you're right.
You can see many progenitor characters for Sheldon,
But indeed, indeed one of them is Spock. Surely.
And in fact, in episode
where Sheldon was interviewed for this important documentary
I am currently speaking to you,
one of the things Sheldon talked about
the desire to become Spock.
And that is not a new invention.
That is something that already exists for characters from the beginning.
When I was eight years old, Billy Sparks surrounded me in the playground.
I ask myself, "What will Spock do?"
Then I reach Billy on his shoulder
and do Vulcan nerve clamps for the first time.
Does that work?
Oh no, he broke my collarbone.
So the script is written later where Spock appears behind it,
Sneak in the middle of Kirk,
And hit him on the head with the handle of the gun.
That's what is written in the script.
So I said to Sutrada, "I think we must do something different from that."
He said, "What are you... What do you mean? What is in mind?"
And I said, "Well, Spock is a graduate
from the Vulcan Institute Technology..."
"... where he took a number of courses in human anatomy
And Vulcans have some kind of energy that comes from their fingertips,
Which is precisely emphasized at the right points
in anatomy man, will make man unconscious.
And that person will not know what I am talking about. But I say he, and he knows exactly what I am talking about.
And when I came behind him, and I put my hand around his neck, he--
He is the only one who sells it.
He goes like that and falls like a rock.
There are many legged creatures crawling on your shoulder.
I want you to teach me sometime.
Our thoughts are connected, Doctor.
Our thoughts are one.
I feel what you feel.
I know what you know.
I like the fact that Spock can communicate with other species
Through the mind and not just through words. Brillian.
In what name...
The man speaks on a rock, for God's sake, in Horta.
"Oh, she's pregnant."
This is rock, okay.
That's good, because rocks won't talk discuss English to you.
Think about how much science is fiction in a few previous decades and decades where you will meet aliens, and aliens speak English.
We are not thinking of thinking and that will not happen.
You have to crawl before you walk. I understand that.
But "Star Trek" not only knows how to crawl, and knows how to walk.
That is running.
Greetings Vulcan is a beautiful feeling,
"Life is long and prosperous."
And this is also something donated by your father set.
We have beautiful scripts
by Theodore Sturgeon is called "Amok Time".
We arrived on this planet,
and a march from the city was held to welcome us.
I say to the director,
"I think we have to have some kind of special greetings
" Asians bow to each other.
"Military people 'salute' one another I think Vulcan must have a greeting."
And he said, "What will you do?"
And I said, "How is this?"
Where is the origin of when I was a kid? to the Synagogue (Church of the Jews) on a long vacation with my family.
There is a moment where a group of men stand before the service,
Cover their heads with their veils, chant prayers.
My father said, "Don't look".
I am around eight or nine years old, so I sneak a peek.
And what I see is this man out there is cheering on
Their hands come out straight towards the congregation like that, both hands.
I then know this is the form the letter 'shin' in the Jewish alphabet.
The letter 'shin' is the first letter in the word 'Shaddai',
For the name of God.
Yes, I am safe. I peeked, and I survived.
But I'm very interested with that movement,
And I suggest that we do that as a Vulcan.
Within a few days after the episode it airs,
I started to get back the movement back to the streets.
You know, a lot of people ask me what it's like to live with Spock,
and for most, during that period,
Father is rarely at home. I've never seen him.
He really focused on what he did in the studio
and for the show.
The routine he usually does for a week he always gets up very early.
He will go home at seven o'clock or eight o'clock,
eat the evening meal, memorize the dialogue.
He practices dialogue with my mother
And then go to sleep and start all from the beginning again.
So for a week, he is very rarely at home.
We spend very much, you know, we, a few years--
Actually, from "Star Trek" to "Mission,"
With him not at home all day working.
Even when dad is at home,
Often, he is very calm and silent.
He still feels like he's Spock
Because he likes to explore character.
You play characters like that...
What? 8, 10.12 hours a day, 5 days a week,
Most of your life then has in that character
And I will find it very difficult to turn it on and turn it off.
So stepping out of the stage and heading to the chair waiting for the next preparation,
I can't change from that.
I believe in making investments in characters.
Especially, the type of character is so rigid.
So much time that he rarely gets together,
To... do many things with him.
He... He is a little in his world.
He is occasionally like Leonard,
But for the most part, it is Spock.
So I've never really been able to know him very well.
I know Spock a little better than I have to know your father.
I mean, he really is fully dedicated plays that character
and to be that character, and that is proven.
If I live inside characters or something and don't joke,
That is more a function of -
To reduce a little feeling of panic
that's how to be an artist, I'm afraid.
This is only, I don't want to eliminate it.
You seem to have to be able to enter the character head.
And if you can take it out, and then start, "camera roll,"
if you want to stop everything,
You can be inferior for a moment or a lot of behavior for a moment.
Letter from fans starts to come often
At the end of '66,
And there are several issues ready or not the studio will handle the letters,
The network will handle mail.
They don't want to do it. They want, you know, Leonard to handle the mail,
What he did in his office for a while.
There was an interview in "16 Magazine,"
I think it's spring in '67,
And somehow, accidentally, they issued our home address.
As a mailing address for fan letters.
Within a few days, the postman stopped coming.
It's a truck that arrives with a bag of letters,
and we answer it.
It goes into our dining room.
We have a dining room table all arranged
with the letter that we open,
And we fill in the envelope with a picture of Spock this initial promo.
It is one of our "family activities,"
yes, is answering fan letters.
Personal life is gone.
Yes, it starts happening very fast.
And to show you how naive I am,
at that time, I still have my phone listed in the telephone book,
And my address, and that's all...
You know, I never dreamed that it would happen,
it's kind of an impact, because I've worked on television before and after the previous film,
and I am registered in the phone book. It doesn't matter to me.
We started to get lots of fan letters, not just fan letters,
but fans come to our house, knock on the door.
We start going to people driving home, and parking,
And pull out the bushes to be a souvenir, you know,
and take my grass, and my plants , and whatever.
Some of them will knock on doors
and ask to be invited to visit.
This becomes really crazy. Yes, yes.
It becomes really crazy for a while.
What about when you return to Boston
during "Star Trek" years?
Yes, that's something interesting and a little difficult.
People follow me on the road,
And I don't want people to know where I live.
I have lived with my relatives, with your grandparents.
Right.
And they have no idea what "Star Trek" is.
They don't understand that.
Everything they know is something that has happened.
How do they react when they see your haircut?
My father really thinks I wear wigs.
He has a picture of me as a Spock emblazoned on the wall in the bar,
And children will come and say, "I want a Spock haircut."
Once a word is filtered through network executives
About Spock's popularity, they say to Roddenberry,
"Say, why don't you want to do more with the Martian in the show?"
That is an element of competition,
Especially the first season,
Because, um... the star title is Bill Shatner.
Leonard is the second character.
But when the event airs,
People must be like magnets attracted to Spock
So I was asked to be captain,
And that is the show Captain, and it is great.
Quite often, other characters rise to the top too.
I go to Roddenberry,
Who then speaks very wisely...
"If Spock is popular, then Kirk is popular,
and the program is also popular, and that's what we all want."
And I thought, "You know, he's right."
And since then,
I influence the popularity of Spock,
And, uh, it's fine with that, and, uh, enjoy it.
Jim, I feel friendship for you.
I am embarrassed.
You have to hear me!
Kirk is a physical embodiment of the show,
And Spock is a spiritual embodiment of the show.
And I think that is how two people carve
Their special space in this small universe.
Kirk always does wild and crazy things
and sleep with aliens,
and Spock are always wise,
and move very calmly and be careful,
and the type of person who can brake
in some physical urge on people's heads.
You can save it, honey.
This type can change itself stop all emotions.
I think that is the Vulcan side prevents him from allowing testosterone in the human side to get the best from him.
And it's very attractive for women,
at least for women like me.
I'm not... I'm not...
Motorcycle, and car oil, and, "Hey, baby..."
I'm just... I'm just... It's not my stuff.
I prefer an intellectual, humble soul
it's like exploding your mind in a conversation,
And I feel like Spock is like that.
So I wouldn't be surprised why a woman found her to be really interested.
Bridge to Captain Kirk.
Kirk here.
I have no idea.
What?
He is much more handsome in person.
The two eyes.
Kirk has a quiet reputation as a female charmer.
Not him.
Spock.
There is something about him which can make a woman interested.
He himself is a type of teaser,
And the like is tempted by him.
Have you only taken a mate once every seven years?
A seven year cycle...
Biologically which is in all Vulcan.
At that time,
married desires exceed all other motivations.
And is there anything that can disturb the cycle, Mr. Spock?
When are you first time interested in friends?
Uh...
Spock, yes.
What is it about him?
He is so depressed, and you just want to make him scream.
I, uh... I'm pretty depressed.
and I don't think this will be different
from the 'Beatle' that you love so much, isn't that right?
I like less emotionally,
more, you know, something stupid, kind of weird.
So I think there will always be women Spock versus Kirk women.
I was one of the first people to find them, spores.
Spores?
Now...
Now, you are all of us...
and we told you.
No more need to hide your inner face again.
We understand.
I love you.
I can love you.
This is a perfect opportunity for a love story for Spock,
Because spores release all things
who is stuck in his emotions, logically,
And will allow him to feel like a real person.
And this is unusual for him. Unknown to him.
But we are happy here.
I don't want to lose you now, Mr. Spock. I do not want.
I have responsibility...
on the ship...
and the person on the bridge.
I am me, Leila.
And if there are homemade purgatories...
And we can all live in it...
Mine can not be worse than other people.
♪ Cotton candy on a summer day ♪
♪ Green grass on the hillside ♪
♪ Can they return my lover? ♪
♪ Can they bring him back by my side? ♪
Yes, he is a good singer than me.
I mean, he can, uh...
He can maintain a tone.
Uh, discordant sounds, but can maintain the tone.
♪ His love is a merry-go-round ♪
♪ He will drag you down ♪
♪ A trip to nowhere ♪
♪ A world without love ♪
He basically busied himself
By making a hut while the sun is shining.
I mean, it's all a philosophy
He knows he is riding this wave, and it is very interesting.
But he also knows that it can end very quickly,
And we can return to the financial fight where we are in
Before "Star Trek" came.
I always say to him, "You can bring his child out of West End,
but you can't bring West End out of that child."
I live with one.
What does that mean?
Well, uh, he developed a very strong work ethic.
I have rarely been rejected in any payment agreement.
I have seen many of my actor friends
going to work in every series for several years
and live according to their income level,
and then when the series is canceled,
they are again looking for work
without fixed income and no money in the bank.
I made a personal agreement with myself
That this will never happen to me and my family.
So every time I was offered a payment once appeared, I took it.
This means that I left the studio at 5:00 a.m. or 6:00 p.m. on Friday night.
I took a Red Eye flight to my destination.
I will arrive on the East Coast around 6:00 a.m. Saturday morning
And ride the last flight on Sunday night.
I remember once or twice
when I return to Los Angeles at 2:00 a.m. or 3:00 mornings on Monday.
I went straight to the studio, staggered to my dressing room,
And rest a few hours sleeping on the sofa.
From there, I rushed to to the dressing room.
There are some photographers there who came to take our picture in the early days,
'66, '67, and until '68
And we are happy to do it. That is fun.
I have to admit. It's like a circus.
That's Joyride (fun trip), and it's really a fun time
First, it's like a novel. That's great.
It's like, "Oh, wow, our photos will be taken soon
We will be in this magazine very cool .."
But after a while, it starts to be tiring.
This is a kind of invasion in our lives,
And we don't really understand,
You know, "Why do we have to do this? Why is this so important?"
We are young.
There is one time... I'm sure it was 1970.
There is a photographer there,
and where we are supposed to come and take pictures,
and Julie and I feel like, "Huh-uh."
We join together, we associate, and we say no.
You can't say no to Leonard.
I have to tell you. This is just...
I mean, we feel guilty. We want to support him,
But we really ended up with with all...
all routine reporting.
We make a good family portrait
which is symbolic, I think, where we were at that time in our lives,
Because no one smiles.
In "Star Trek", in the mid 60's,
Creating this character that will soon become pop culture icon...
My father never really related
With what is happening in popular culture.
It is very interesting that when he is at home during free time,
He listens to notes from people like Heath Former,
... and Lou Rawls, and Charles Aznavour.
Our mother is... More advanced in her time.
At first, when you look back at the photos,
She is dressed very, uh, 50s housewife
But still has style.
Daddy still survives, you know, in his dress, conservative,
But Mother tried, yes, changed her style a little.
So he started, yeah, wearing a little cooler clothes,
Jeans, small scarf, yes, around his neck.
And the hair in the hair is a little cool
Even though he has Spock haircuts, you know,
Somehow he can comb to the side a little,
And it looks a little, looks like a little hipper, huh.
NBC failed to update "Star Trek" for the fourth season.
Some time after we finished shooting for "Star Trek,"
I made a contract with "Mission Impossible."
Before he starts "Mission,"
There was a press conference in Honolulu Announce that he will join in the show.
This is a very interesting experience for me
being there spending time with Daddy.
Even though, at that time, sharing her with fans had become a part of my life.
My character, Paris The Great,
Is an expert in disguise.
Therefore, I have to play a lot of characters,
parents, Asians, South American dictators,
blind people, Europeans.
But then, before I find out,
I'm playing a South American dictator again,
and Asians, and old people, and blind people.
This becomes boring.
A few moments later, I left the event.
After "Mission Impossible",
I played Tevye in "Fiddler On The Roof."
That is just the first experience
I am the most fun in a theater career In "Fiddler on the Roof", he was amazing.
He is very thorough.
He avoided every cliché.
And when he grows into a part in the role, he becomes extraordinary.
His depiction of Tevye on "Fiddler On The Roof" is truly fantastic.
Maybe the best than I've ever seen.
- Because he is an actor. - Like an actual actor.
I think he realized that what would make him succeed in the non-Broadway style
it is about him, and his wife, and his children.
And that's a beautiful sculpture.
I went to appear as Fagin in "Oliver,"
Arthur in "Camelot,
and playing one man about Vincent Van Gogh
In the early 70s, Father's father had played in
"Man in the glass Booth," and that's a great game
he really animates all his roles
And as I watch him night after night,
He is totally unrecognized as my own father
He must play as a rich man...
Braggadocio, arrogant, _ egocentric New York Jew (Jew).
Not as a Jew, but a Jew.
And as the game progresses, when Jews will be arrested
As a concentration camp commander,
He then has to play to be cruel, most committed,
Nazi officers are the most loyal you can imagine.
And he stands in the booth.
It should not be done in an Israeli court.
He stands, and he is inside his regalia (royal sign).
He is in his uniform, but he doesn't wear his hat.
And when he wears the hat, he changes.
You don't want to go anywhere nearby.
- Very calm... - And this is him.
He starts moving like this.
And he moves for his final dialogue.
And it will be harder, and harder, and harder.
If the director has come with it, he must get an award.
The actor who came with it, and he must get an award.
That's terrible.
Moments of your father appearing in New York,
And then we will see each other one and the other,
And that is when they start close together.
And then we become part of him.
When he appears somewhere in east Mississippi,
We will fly to be there.
During the summer, he did two dramas.
One in Michigan, and one in Wisconsin.
And at that time, he flew himself the plane with a single engine
And I've flown a lot with him. I like to fly.
So, I planned to take part in the entire training.
I took a lesson, and I got my little license.
Open the pilot license. I can-- They call it pinch hitter.
So if something happens to him,
I can take over without any problems.
And that is probably one of the best times I have had with him In the decade of the 70s was a kind of period of interest for my father,
Because he has done so much theater work.
He really wants to prove himself
As the character actor that he always wants.
He also hosts several seasons from "In Search Of."
... guarantor in every part by national...
And it is being made by Philip Kaufman
From "Invasion of the Body Snatchers."
They take pictures in San Francisco,
And I happened to be was studying at Berkeley,
And it's just fun watching them make that movie.
But what happens to us?
You will be born again into the world without worry.
He is an individual who has many sides for sure.
I know as a child. I always watch "In Search Of,"
And I remember him on Kaufman "Body Snatchers"
and "Mission Impossible".
Uh, he is not just a Spock for me even as an adult.
We come here from a dying world.
We pass through the universe from the planet to the planet
is driven by solar power.
We adapt, and we survive.
Captain, I found this device on my console.
It seems to serve there are no useful functions and--
Captain?
I'm sorry, Spock, this is yours--
When they start casting, we don't-- I'm not called.
It was decided that George in the event
There will not appear in the series.
And I thought, "What happened?"
Uh, then announced
That Bill has been chosen to become Captain Kirk.
Leonard has been chosen to be Mr. Spock.
Jimmy Doohan was chosen to be Scotty
And all the other male voices,
And Majel was chosen to become a Chapel Nurse
And all female voices.
But when Leonard learns it, is said,
"Is Star Trek about diversity, coming together,
And working at concerts as a team "
And he said," The two people who manifest the most differences in our elections
"is Nichelle Nichols and George Takei.
" And if they don't become part of this,
I am not interested. "
How many times has it happened in this business, you know?
That says a lot about Leonard.
Tuesday, October 22, 1973.
" Dear Adam, this might be a longest letter "I am very glad I can see you and Julie on Sunday.
" Glad to be with you,
"but I think it might be very useful
" In placing our relationship, you and me,
"in a new perspective.
" This comes out of our argument
"I found you and I have experienced terrible things on the verbal battlefield.
" I feel very sad about that, and all I can say is, I'm sorry
"Suddenly it happened to me that it might be useful
" If I tell you a few things about my relationship with my father
"I always love and fear him,
" But we rarely do real relationships personally
"He is not a demonstrative man.
" Most of the days I interact is with my mother
"with my father in the background as protection.
None of them ever gave blessings"
You have a lot of disputes
about some companies that you are guarding
and some things that you are doing.
in the early 70s, there was a little pause in father's work,
and he was at home for the first time, hanging out,
and not really calm knowing what to do with himself
and so on all this time
when he starts looking closer at me and my life
what he saw was, for him, was not that good.
even though I did very well at school...
I am a senior in high school,
and at this time, I like fully filled with Deadhead feathers.
I mean... do I need to say more?
I mean, you know...
That's just not a good time for us.
♪ In the middle of the earth in the land of the shire ♪
♪ Lives a brave little hobby whom we all admire ♪
♪ With his long wooden pipe Fuzzy, woolly toes ♪
♪ He lives in a hobbit hole And everybody knows him ♪
♪ -Bilbo - Bilbo ♪
♪ Bilbo Baggins ♪
♪ He's only three feet tall ♪
♪ -Bilbo - Bilbo ♪
♪ Bilbo Baggins ♪
♪ The bravest little hobbit of them all ♪
Captain?
♪ One day, Bilbo was asked to go... ♪
What in the name of...
♪ To the caves below ♪
♪ To help some dwarfs get back their gold ♪
Do I... see these things?
No, except me.
♪ -Bilbo - Bilbo ♪
♪ Bilbo Baggins ♪
♪ He's only three feet tall ♪
What is that, Mr. Spock?
♪ Bilbo Baggins ♪
♪ The bravest little hobbit of them all ♪
Only have marginal success on NBC for three years,
shows start new life in syndication.
Gradually, performances and the audience find each other.
In the mid 70s, it became a media event.
Thousands and thousands of new people
Sit in front of their TV
Memorize every conversation in each episode word for word.
Risk... risk is our business.
"That's all about this outer plane angkas
" That's why we ride it.
"Dr. McCoy is right by showing the greatest risk involved
" with interactions between any two alien species,
But potential-- "
There is something I started to realize in doing recent research
called The Slash Fantasy,
Kirk-Spock Slash fantasy
And that's a phenomenal issue video on YouTube
and some fans, someone takes a lot of recordings
from Kirk and Spock out of context from "The Original Series"
shows homo-erotic relationship between them,
and that's quite interesting
At the meeting, I see a slash
zine with illustrations done by very good artists
and where they are more, more confirmed between Kirk and Spock.
This is a problem about who sees it,
From what perspective,
And from the perspective of gay people seeing that is opening your eyes.
They see gay passion, gay attraction,
And gay deep sadness is portrayed in each scene.
At my first meeting in 1972,
I walked to a hall so crowded
Rumbling noise on the wall who welcomed me
Really surprised me.
For a few seconds, I really can't speak because of emotions.
The only thing that I really appreciate is about your father,
I think his love and love are dear to his fans And how it always has time and energy.
You know, go to the convention and meet people...
You know, I'm explosive
By how much love there for your father.
That's a completely new concept,
This meeting from fans to celebrate "Trek" for the weekend.
Organizers cross their fingers
And hope for 500 participants.
They get 3,000.
We go to one "Star Trek" convention.
I think it's in LA, but I'm not sure.
I think you're right.
Yes, it's a wild place.
I remember they tried to get us out of the back door.
Right
Oh, okay. What is that like?
Wild.
I think "Star Trek" fans have a kind of pioneer
The whole cos-play culture (superhero costume program) which now exists
which, you know, you go to any convention,
And people dress with various things
From the clearest the most popular.
I've been amazed to go to the current convention for several years,
Seeing what people are capable of, and willing, and, you know,
What are they committed? dress up imitating and acting,
And that's amazing.
We think they are crazy.
I am here. I'm really here. I can't believe it.
My first "Star Trek" Convention. Beware behind you. Here we are...
So many items.
Really cool.
Wow.
Spock, status report?
Pollux IV, class M type of planet, atmosphere oxygen-nitrogen.
The sensor shows no life form.
In all cases, is quite ordinary, Captain.
Bad, I want you to tell a little about your history with "Star Trek"
How to influence your life.
I would say that might be wrong one of the biggest reasons why I work at NASA.
I mean, honestly, like, you know, seeing this "Star Trek,"
You know, this vision in the future
Is one of the reasons why I work there today.
Seeing the future where people from all different cultures and backgrounds
Work together.
You know, the progress of humanity.
I think that is a vision of the future that I want to help create.
If "Star Trek" is a vision of the future that I want to make,
Spock is the internalization of type that I feel like that.
You know, as someone who comes from two cultures,
You know, an Iranian father, an American mother,
I saw on Spock, it's the same conflict, I think,
From, "Which one am I? Am I both?
Is there an intermediary of happiness from both.
But also at the same time, I see that it is accepted
By Him, you know, peers.
Spock stands for many different things.
He stands for intelligence, integrity.
He stands for ideas really looking for truth,
To find out how something really works.
That is the foundation of science, really.
So I think for many people, Spock is the representative of science itself,
Using the human mind to overcome the type of chaos forces
And understand things.
Which really resonates with many people here, I will say.
That must be with me too.
And I know every minute I read the book "Star Trek"
That's the character I want most to be with my career.
Spock is a scientist.
Now, for me, I know I like science before "Star Trek."
So Spock and I resonate, I think, uh...
In a way that certainly helps, but does not affect my interest.
But I wonder if it slows down but real appreciation
for science and why it's important I see it manifest today,
no matter how it shows the original
for the series, that character.
- Are you a "Star Trek" fan? - Yes.
- How long have you been a fan? - One hundred years.
One hundred years fans of "Star Trek" fans, good.
You already have connections for yourself to "Star Trek."
You have directed the episode "Star Trek".
But before that, you are an entertainment consultant.
What is all about? What makes you to be in the first place?
You know, it's very difficult when you are a child an artist
and someone who becomes pop culture icon,
Trying to make your own identity
To find out who you are basically.
So, this is the way I really created my own way.
He is very proud of the fact that I went to law school,
And I started practicing law.
But after seven years of training,
It becomes very clear to me that this is not something
I don't have a passion for that which I think is important.
That is actually the whole philosophy Father before
You must have passion for what you do.
Otherwise, it only works, and does not meet.
My father is very sympathetic about my desire to make career changes And even helped me, trained me as a director.
He and I really make an episode
from "The Outer Limits" together.
We re-create an episode of where he was originally in the early 60s
Where has he been a supporting role.
Your design and construction which is nothing with intelligence,
But even you have to understand that you are basically taking off
On the thoughts and feelings of Dr. the link is programmed into you.
A man suffers, a man bleeds, a man has a soul.
I can break your neck as if it's a toothpick.
In this case, you're right. I'm not the same as most men.
But like most men, I don't choose it.
Let me go.
The Story of "Star Trek: The Motion Picture"
Precisely starting in London where my wife and I were on vacation in 1975.
We went to see Henry Fonda who appeared on stage at "Darrow."
After the show, we joined him and his wife for dinner.
At some point during conversations, Henry says,
"You know, Leonard, I have you paid
For all billboards (billboards) around the city"
"What billboard, Henry?"
"Do you mean to tell me you don't know about all the Heineken billboards?"
Now, I have seen a picture of my Spock used commercially before,
Like in the Kellogg's Corn Flakes box.
I will be entertained by that, find campy and even tempted.
After "Star Trek" is canceled,
Paramount has no legal rights for my visual license since then.
So it's not only Paramount that has marketed me as Spock
For almost 10 years without permission to do so,
For the last five out of 10, they never send me the slightest income.
I finally have to file a lawsuit.
They want to make this film.
And Bob Weiss has that in his contract
That they will make their best efforts to get me in the film.
And my agent will call me and say,
"They want to talk to you about Star Trek movies." And I will say...
"When we finish the lawsuit, I will talk about acting in their film,"
Because I think that affects me.
So it lasts for some time.
And... finally, I got a call
From a man who introduced himself to me.
He said, "My name is is Jeff Katzenberg,
And I just started working for Paramount"
And I was playing on "Equus" on Broadway at New York.
So that's how Jeffrey Little stopped running to New York...
... To tell him, "You have to put his ears again."
So I left, and I saw the show,
And after the show, we went to Joe Allen.
I said to him, "We will make a movie
" Both ears will start again.
"One of them will happen to you, or they will find someone else
" but they will still leave.
And however bad you will feel if you don't want to put them down? "
The biggest influence he always starts with this film
Is that Paramount Pictures need it,
And they can't make "Star Trek" movies without him.
Finally, my lawyer was called.
"Look, Paramount actually shows some willingness to reach agreement
" Will you read the manuscript if they set a lawsuit? "
" Yes "
Four days later, on Friday night, lawsuit was set
My lawyer came to my house by checking
a few hours later, the script arrived
I sat down and read it That night
Leonard Nimoy was the last person
to join a film player and ask why he is defended
I don't think that question about surviving.
We have been around long enough and... complicated relationships,
I mean, Paramount and myself, over the past few years.
And maybe things that take part of the time
It is a fact that mail service
Between here and Vulcan is still quite slow.
Spock.
Making the first film is very, very uninspiring,
Very depressed
We have bad scripts, bad scripts.
It never works. That is a hard struggle
Trying to find out how to bring some life to... the project.
And, um, we do our best, but I have never...
Pendulum swings correctly when the first film arrives
From being an actor and character oriented "Star Trek"
To "Star Trek."
And that feeling, "Oh, we didn & apos; T have money before
Now we have money, we have to give them a big effect movie."
So it's all about ships, ships, and this effect, and that effect,
And we will go through this.
Now, we will through that.
Nothing but character.
So it's frustrating, and sad, and, uh, very painful.
Khan.
Khan!
In "Star Trek II," lure that Harve Bennett had given it that,
"You will have the greatest death scene of all time."
Spock, no!
I think it's the end of the movie "Star Trek"
And when they say to me, "What about the death scene?"
I think, "Why not If this is the end of 'Star Trek'
" Take it out in the blaze of glory save Enterprise
Yes, be a hero and die... "
Long live...
And prosper.
Immediately than I realize, the is over.
No.
I take off my ears, makeup, uniform,
and also Spock gradually disappear,
left behind only Leonard Nimoy.
Never again eyebrows raised.
Never again is there a nice temptation from the angry doctor
Or offer logic to my friend who is impatient and captain.
Never share your mind again, pin your neck,
Or salute Vulcan and blessings,
Live long and prosperous.
I ask myself, "What have I done?"
Well, of course, they input a little snippet at the end of the film
That gives the impression that is probably not the end of Spock.
I'm sorry, Doctor. I don't have time to talk about this matter logically.
Remember.
And they come to me, so convincing,
After the picture is opened and do business,
And they call me inside for a meeting.
They say, "We want to know if you want to be involved in another 'Star Trek' movie?"
And I said, "Yes, I want to direct it."
I remember once a night I got a call from him.
And he said he'd been on the phone with Michael Eisner,
and that Michael Eisner tried to speak to him out of directing,
Make his directorial debut
Directing itself in movies and so on.
And he asked me... He asked for my advice.
I said, "Well, it's really very simple Are you ready to let this ship sail without you?"
And he said, "Oh, of course."
I said, "Then sit well you will direct the film."
My lord, the ship appears to leave.
How can it be? They are hiding.
Yes, sir, but the bridge seems to be run by a computer.
This is the only thing that speaks.
Speak?
Let me hear.
Nine, eight, seven, six, five--
Exit!
Get out of there!
I got a call before the film opened from Jeff Katzenberg,
which is the production head at Paramount at that time,
And he said, "We want you to make one more."
And I said, "You know, this one I just finished, 'Star Trek III',"
I said, "They've 'strangled me' hard,
"control what I do,
" And make me answer for everything,
and explain everything I do, and justify everything. "
And he says-- I will never forget. He is so beautiful.
He says, " The training wheel stops
We want you to make your 'Star Trek' movie. "
Now, if it's not Robin Hood and Friar Tuck.
Where are your leaders?
Back to San Francisco.
Come all here just to jump and swim with kids, huh?
Very few points in my attempt to explain.
Yes, yeah, I will buy it. What about him?
He? He is not dangerous.
Back in the 60s, he had been a part of the freedom of speech movement at Berkeley.
I think he a little too much LDS.
- LDS? - Mm-hmm.
Come on. Why don't you let my give you a ride?
We have read it first at your home in Kashmir.
And there is - He has a great song playing for us.
And then I know how meaningful this project is for him
On a personal level.
He tries to get us to do it,
For me, it's more important to do another "Star Trek" movie.
Although, in fact, actually is "Star Trek" always about,
Which is a problem that means about how to live.
♪ Just where is our future? The things we've done and said ♪
♪ Let 's just push the button We' d be better off dead ♪
♪ 'Cause I hate you ♪
Excuse me.
♪ And I berate you ♪
Excuse me.
Don't you mind stop the noise?
♪ The only choice we 're given is how many megatons ♪
Excuse me.
Can you stop the noise?
♪ And I say screw you ♪
♪ And I hope you're blue too ♪
"Star Trek IV" is one of the most highlighted father careers,
Really part of the peak of his career,
Because soon after that come "Three Men and a Baby."
Making from "Three Men and a Baby"
It is a magical time where everything comes together beautifully.
I feel very lucky to get involved with the project.
Good work, Pete.
You know, "LA Times," come out with an article
When the movie comes out, and it is a hit (success)
Winter, 87 holiday season.
"LA Times," talking about facts that are successful from the previous holiday season
Is a film titled "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home,"
And that both films happened to be directed by by the same person.
Then comes "The Good Mother",
And my relationship with my father hit all the time.
And you have left him alone with him?
Well, of course I have to. He likes it. They have fun together, Brian.
Well, ask him about pleasure, Anna.
Well, what do you suggest, Brian, that he did something wrong with Molly?
- He did it, Anna. - Well, he didn't do it.
He told me. He said about depreciation.
- He did it, Anna! - No, Brian, he didn't do it!
You ask him! And you let him!
When shooting from "The Good Mother" finished,
I feel the same way I feel at the end of shooting "Three Men and a Baby."
I thought, "Son, this could be more than driving a rocket rather than these three people."
And it feels like riding a rocket, All right... it immediately falls down.
Box office is disappointing,
And the film soon disappears from the cinema.
I start drinking , constantly, ritual,
possible during the second year or the third year of our series.
The ritual becomes so ingrained and so important to me,
Because I am looking forward to the release that eventually becomes pressure all day long With a dialogue, and flipping through, and getting 15 pages or 12 pages finished today,
And all those things.
And a few minutes we finish taking the last picture, I will need a drink.
And then it becomes series of drinks.
And little by little, before I know that, I drink more and more
Because I am addicted personality changes.
That is Martini, you know, get drinks when he gets home,
Enjoy a few drinks.
And, uh... you know, while it makes it more relaxed,
He is also silent.
Growing habits become strength and it's done in my next years
Because I don't have that thought, "I'm still young my journey is still far away .."
Which is a bad part of a disease.
1980 was a very difficult time for my father.
His parents just died, my grandparents,
Within six months of each other.
My father will go through hard times
And divorce problem from my mother.
They have been married for 32 years.
It's also about this time
That there are many difficulties between the two of us.
There are many old problems that come,
And there are a number of fights between us.
He also likes to drink. More is filled with by alcohol.
And frankly, I'm still drunk at that time,
And that certainly doesn't help the problem between us.
"There is one major area that I have to touch
" before coming to a conclusion,
"Competition with my father
" This is easy for me in a strange, painful way.
"My father never gets more than $ 150 a week
" I realize that competition with me is very difficult.
"I am very hard and verbal
" Also I have been very lucky, make good money, and I am famous.
"It's much harder to handle
"From me compete against 150 dollars a week barber"
Many of the problems I have with my father where is a disagreement
from the problem that other fathers and children experience
the difference is that my father is adored
by millions of fans around the world
and often, I feel like I'm being competing with them for love and attention
and sometimes, I really feel like me losing the battle
After we will have one of these amazing things great battles,
I will go to the world and face with images from Spock everywhere.
♪ I want to know what you're feeling ♪
♪ Tell me what's on your mind ♪
Pure Energy.
In 1989, Dad and Susan married,
And the household life starts to get much better.
He is the real power stabilizes his strength.
And he is very happy with him, and they are very devoted to each other.
It was during this time period, he told me later,
That he really likes with his life,
and can't really understand why he still drinks.
And it was at that moment that he started really, seriously looking at
What happened to his life.
And he made a decision to heal himself.
My first picture was photographed with this camera
And enlarged with this camera
And with about 20 cents worth of Kodak supplies.
And I just became fascinated with the ability
To make an image, something you can hold,
an object that you can hold in your hand, and that's it.
Something I photographed this morning,
And tonight, I have a picture in my hand.
I can hang it on my wall, or give it to my family, or whatever.
That was the beginning.
Although Dad started taking pictures at an early age,
he continues his hobby throughout his life.
He will often take portraits of I and Julie,
And some of them end in the poetry books he published.
James T. Kirk.
Come with J.J. Abrams
who finds the way to break it open
New and different attendees .
Who am I to tell Leonard Nimoy what does Spock have to do?
But it is my job, so I do the best I can.
But I was amazed how he opened.
Leonard is fine with this idea this new embodiment of "Star Trek."
This sets the tone on the stage even outside the days Leonard is still working.
You don't have to know all about "Star Trek."
You can come and enjoy this film
As someone who has never seen anything before in "Star Trek".
- Awesome - What?
Okay, I'm sure you just do your job,
But you can't come a little earlier?
Six months I have been here living from Star Fleet lacking protein
and hope for good food.
Myself, Leonard, and Chris share trailers (articulated trains)
When we were filming when they found Scotty on this planet.
And it's quite far from the circus, from the base unit,
So we have a trailer that we just sit around, and we share.
And we take pictures really late at night.
That, like, yes, at 2:00 a.m. or 3:00 in the morning.
And Chris, Leonard, and I just sit inside this--
And Leonard is in Spock is full of regalia, ears.
We have most like winter coats and goods,
And he sat up straight, and he went to sleep.
And he, uh, just sat there then snored slowly.
And Chris and I just see each other like,
"That's Spock, and he snores."
We take a scene, and Leonard are running,
And he fell... and he landed, and he broke and smashed his nose.
Um...
So the feeling at that moment, you know, you have
when someone you care about as much as as I did, of course, hurt,
That is a terrible feeling.
If you have watched Spock, eh...
You feel like you want... Yes, suicide.
That's just... That... That's terrible.
And we try to find out what we will do in the rest of the day,
And I hear, like, "Oh no, no, no, no, no, we will keep going."
And that's Leonard who is like,
"We will only keep taking pictures."
And I thought, "Did he get out of that mind? He just broke his nose."
And Leonard is like, "Let's continue"
And we are done, and no one has ever heard this story in public Until you and I have this conversation.
Tell your mind, Spock.
That's not unwise.
Mine is very different Spock than your father.
I'm really lucky to be able to explore even more than your father,
Because as entertainment develops,
As a story reader develops, as a developing storyteller
For decades interventions
Between when he creates a role and when I assume it,
I think that it opens a little more space
For us to enter and play with it.
Mr. Spock.
Share it with him, and discuss it, and explore it
Through the context of our personal relationship,
That may be one of the most creative aspects satisfying aspects
From a strongly defined role role _ and made so frankly.
Without word games.
Should I choose to complete Vulcan discipline from Kolinahr
And cleanse all emotions...
I believe you won't feel that reflects judgment on you.
Oh, Spock...
As usual, whatever you choose to become...
You will have an aircraft carrier.
Every time he goes to a negative place,
It starts to be a little more pessimistic,
Um, he allows Uhura and Kirk to raise him out of it.
And I really like that.
He is just... He is a man for me. Like, Spock is really a man.
Even though he's half an alien, it's like...
He could be... I don't know, half,
But he still very much... natural.
What do you need? Tell me.
Say it.
I think it's a perfect example
Evolution of characters,
Painting himself in a different light
And see that that's the capacity of this feeling,
For emotions, for intimacy, for connection.
This is still regulated.
This is still within the or
parameter What does it mean to be Vulcan.
Father.
I am not our father.
There are so few Vulcan left behind,
We cannot ignore each other.
Spock, in this case, does good.
Since the separation of my customs will appear looks strange to serve myself,
I will just say... good luck.
Daddy is really happy
Being in the new embodiment of "Star Trek."
This is the highest point for him.
But much like the Spock problem with his father,
My relationship with my father is still very problematic.
My first officer, Commander Spock.
Vulcan respects us in your presence.
We come to serve.
Your service is our pride, Captain.
Thank you.
Around 2006, we were just completely isolated from one another.
Old Problems flare up.
And, um, I'm at a low point in my life.
I just ended marriage for 18 years,
And I have decided to go recover yourself with 12 steps.
And that is a difficult time for both of us
And basically, for three or four years,
We have very, very little communication.
With 2008, we started talking again, and connected again,
And really come back together in our relationship with each other.
I have met Martha in the doctor's office, and she is...
Uh, he is my age,
And he is very sweet, fun, attractive woman,
And I started dating regularly.
And I mean, I so much happiness has Martha
then I married her.
Four and a half months after we get married,
Martha is diagnosed with with end-stage cancer.
What is strange to me,
And I'm really aware of that now in a review
that was in 2004, when I left my marriage for 18 years,
And move from my house, and leave my children behind for one.
I mean, it's really low point in my life.
I didn't even call my father. He isn't even on the list, because of our times,
You know, starting from period of exile.
But when I am able pull myself back together,
After I got an phone call from a doctor,
The first phone I made...
Is on your father.
I just... Still. It's just my joy now
That we can get to that point where can it be my step-become a man.
Yes
And in the next 18 months my life with Martha,
Which one, yes, maybe the most challenging maybe in my entire life,
My father and Susan were there every step on the road
To support me and keep me going.
And after that, my father and I never again... look back
In the ruins of from our past, forever.
"So here we are You are a man, an individual,
" Very bright, talented, goal-oriented, sensitive,
"And many other good things
"Above all, I want you to know that you are truly valuable to me.
I am proud of you, and I love you so much. Your father"
My life has become a lot, more about the family
I used it for-- My method explains it right now
I always prioritize careers and second is family.
And now, I have reversed it.
I give priority to family and second is career.
occasionally bring up things here and there for friends,
But mostly, I deal with my family.
With my father marrying Our Stepmother, Susan,
He and Aaron become part of our family.
He is great in reality that he shows Dad (Dad)
That together with your children and your grandson,
Very important.
You have to be a part of their life.
And bring it all together
Come on... Let's have a big family
And we have a big family.
In the last years of his life where at that time
Families gather at home
For all occasions from birthdays to holidays.
Leonard is a very quiet man He never always shows lots of emotions
But I will say they are when where he will toast the family at when-meeting
Is when I might see he displays his emotions.
He is very grateful to have everyone there.
He is grateful to feel love from everyone who is there.
And he is grateful to be able to love family the way he does
And provide for families in the way he can.
The day Leonard died, I,...
He is in a coma,
And I, uh, bent and said to him...
"you make the world stand up and listen."
And I swear he nods his head.
What I admire about Leonard
Is his willingness love his family,
And because I'm around that, I get love
This makes him a beautiful actor in the work we do.
And I think that makes him a man,
Maybe a word you want you hear more.
Mensch (Male).
Mensch is someone who is responsible, and disciplined,
And you can rely on it.
He is the only counterweight to the power of in my life
And I know I can always rely on it.
He is mensch from mensches.
He is loved and adored by, I think, everyone is set.
To create characters that leave marks on the community,
Which makes a happy feeling that resonates,
Leonard Nimoy did that.
If there are words that you want to use to summarize or describe
one of my fathers is as an individual or as Spock, the character,
Is that for you?
The first word that comes to mind in both of them is really
It is, I will say, is noble.
There is something about...
That must be something about Spock which is very noble.
He is clearly a great integrity man and strong establishment.
If I have to choose one word, it can be dignity.
Artist.
Integrity.
Humans.
He is a man of homemade renaissance,
But he always wants to know
About everything that happens in the world,
What is art, photography, politics.
Logical.
Humility.
Hope.
Cool. Spock is so cool.
I think a little Spock must be behind every important decision
We make it in our lives, about ourselves, or relating to others.
The first word that is not comes to mind is to love.
love.
If this is a free association, it is definitely only love.
What is yours like?
OK. I got it.
♪ Did not know what time it was And the lights were low ♪
♪ I leaned back on my radio ♪
♪ Some cat was laying down some rock 'n' roll "Lot of soul," he said ♪
♪ Then the loud sound did seem to fade ♪
♪ Came back like a slow voice on a wave of phase ♪
♪ That was not no DJ That was hazy cosmic jive ♪
♪ There's a starman waiting in the sky ♪
♪ He 'd like to come and meet us ♪
♪ But he thinks he'd blow our minds ♪
♪ There's a starman waiting in the sky ♪
♪ He told us not to blow it ♪
♪ 'Cause he knows it's all worthwhile ♪
♪ He told me, "Let the children lose it ♪
♪ Let the children use it Let all the children boogie" ♪
♪ I have to phone someone so I picked on you ♪
♪ Hey, that ’s far out So you heard him too? ♪
♪ Switch on the TV We may pick him up on Channel Two ♪
♪ Look out your window I can see his light ♪
♪ If we can sparkle he may land tonight ♪
♪ Do not tell your papa or he'll get us locked up in fright ♪
♪ There's a starman waiting in the sky ♪
♪ He 'd like to come and meet us ♪
♪ But he thinks he'd blow our minds ♪
♪ There's a starman waiting in the sky ♪
♪ He told us not to blow it ♪
♪ 'Cause he knows it's all worthwhile ♪
♪ He told me, "Let the children lose it ♪
♪ Let the children use it Let all the children boogie" ♪
♪ There's a starman waiting in the sky ♪
♪ He 'd like to come and meet us ♪
♪ But he thinks he'd blow our minds ♪
♪ There's a starman waiting in the sky ♪
♪ He told us not to blow it ♪
♪ 'Cause he knows it's all worthwhile ♪
♪ He told me, "Let the children lose it ♪
♪ Let the children use it, let all the children boogie" ♪