For the Love of Spock Page #2

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And I consider myself

that kind of a person.

I go to the makeup department

or the wardrobe department,

and get something together

and find a character.

[bell ringing]

[crowd cheering]

- What you looking at?

- Nothing.

- What's that for?

- For nothing.

Next time you wanna look at me, line

forms to the right. Two bits admission.

If they see water in the desert

where there is no water,

it's their eyes that lie,

not my mouth.

Just having any of those

coins in your possession

is liable to lead you to a lot

more trouble than you bargain for.

Have no fear from me, Marshal.

No man kills the bee.

He only wants to follow

him to the honey.

He was a fine man. Hasn't had

a decent break in 20 years.

Now he's been built

up a little bit.

He's got a little dignity,

a little stature.

You're not going to deny he was a

good Marine and a good officer.

No, no, he was both.

Then Why crucify him?

You don't get it,

do you, Sanders?

-[telephone ringing]

- I don't have any choice.

-[Secretary] Hello?

- I'm not going to let you do it.

[Secretary]

It's for you, Lieutenant.

[Leonard Nimoy] I did this job in an

episode of "The Lieutenant" series.

A few weeks after I finished the

job, my agent called me and said,

"Gene Roddenberry

saw the footage,

"was interested in you,

liked what you did,

"and said that he has

in mind for you a role

in a pilot that he's developing

for a science fiction series."

Peflod.

I really didn't give it

a lot of thought.

You hear that kind of thing, and

you're a long way from getting a job.

[Interviewer] What about some

of the characters on the show?

Did you create them with

certain actors in mind?

[Gene Roddenberry] Leonard

Nimoy was the one actor

I definitely had in mind.

And I thought to myself,

"if I ever do this science

fiction that I want to do,

"he'd make a great alien.

And with those cheekbones, some sort

of a pointed ear might go well."

I simply made one

phone call to Leonard,

and he came in,

and that was it.

So I went to this meeting

expecting to be auditioned,

or to read for him,

or... whatever.

He was very congenial

and said, "Let's take a walk."

And he walked me over to

the scenic design department.

He showed me the plans of the

sets that were being built,

introduced me to

the scenic designer.

Walked me over to

the prop department.

Showed me some of the props

that were being made.

Wardrobe department, same thing.

"Here's some sketches

of the clothes."

lthoughL

"This is interesting.

"It's like he's telling me

I'm doing this job.

If I keep my mouth shut, I might

have a job here," you know?

Prior to "Star Trek," I never had a

job that lasted longer than two weeks

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