Mary Wiseman Quotes

Spock is definitely one of my best friends. When I put on those ears, it's not like just another day. When I become Spock, that day becomes something special.

Without Leonard Nimoy, there would have been no 'Star Trek' phenomenon. And without 'Star Trek'... well, that's a parallel universe most of us probably wouldn't want to visit.

I am not Spock.

Spock was the sex symbol. A lot of people think it was Kirk. But, no, it was really Spock.

When Gene first contacted me for 'Star Trek,' he gave me the part of Spock to read! I'm glad I didn't take it because I don't think anyone could have played Spock better than Leonard Nimoy.

I knew I looked kind of ridiculous, in my personal opinion - Tamlyn Tomita's opinion - a Vulcan in sunglasses and ears is a little too much, but I knew I just had to play it seriously.

I didn't want to be trapped in an idea of replicating other 'Star Trek' characters; especially Vulcans. But my love and I have Spock paraphernalia all over our house. He's an omnipresence in our lives, we adore him.

Spock is a huge mythical character that even people who aren't 'Star Trek' fans like.

Long before being nerdy was cool, there was Leonard Nimoy.

Long before being nerdy was cool, there was Leonard Nimoy. Leonard was a lifelong lover of the arts and humanities, a supporter of the sciences, generous with his talent and his time. And of course, Leonard was Spock. Cool, logical, big-eared and level-headed, the center of Star Trek’s optimistic, inclusive vision of humanity’s future. I loved Spock.

I grew up with 'Star Trek,' so to get to do anything in it was fun for me.

My first crush was Spock. I thought it didn't get any better than Spock.

I'm still a 'Star Trek' fan. You never stop being one.

I'd be happy to do Star Trek again, if the writing was right.

I am a classic 'Star Trek' fanatic.

May the Force be with J.J. I think he'll reinvent 'Star Wars,' like he did with 'Star Trek.'

When they put out the sales brochure when we eventually went to series, they carefully rounded Spock's ears and made him look human so he wouldn't scare off potential advertisers.

I'm particularly impressed by the creation of the character of Spock, which really was Leonard Nimoy's singular creation. He used everything he had.

I'm a huge Trekkie.

There are some good space battles in some of the later series, but that wasn't why you were tuning in every week. You were tuning in every week because Spock was a fascinating character. Because his friendship with Kirk was profound and really unusual.

I really wanted to write the death of Captain Kirk.

I enjoy watching Daniel Day Lewis, Jude Law, Edward Norton, Kevin Spacey.

Of course, if you're going to enter the 'Star Trek' Universe, you want to work with Spock, you want to work with Kirk, you want to work with McCoy, and Scotty, and Sulu, and Uhura. The next one for me would have been Picard.

Jude [Law] is really good at playing an obsessive. He has a very watchable quality when he's on a quest for something.

There are actors that are really fine actors but not good auditioners. There are really good auditioners that may not be great actors. There are great actors that are really good auditioners, too. I happen to be someone who's not a great auditioner, but usually on a set can hold my own.