The Truth Is in the Stars Page #3

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to you as a kid,

when you're watching them

because it's so real to you.

So, what do you

think you're doing

- when you're buying that?

- Yeah, yeah.

I mean, you're

spending real money

uh, for a piece of cardboard.

What-what-what do you

think you're doing?

Just solidifying my

status as a nerd,

is like probably the

biggest part of it.

I don't think you need to...

Well, that's what,

once-once you've done that,

and you've committed

that kind of money to getting,

you're saying basically,

- that's what I am.

- You're basically a nerd.

- Yes.

- Okay.

You know, the idea, to me,

it's just that idea of having

touching the real

thing or something,

that is actually,

that was actually there,

a piece of history, in a way.

Did this um,

intrigue your imagination?

Did this make you

think in those terms?

Yeah, I mean, it was

more than intriguing.

I mean, it was kind of one of

those shows where it was like,

wow, this is the coolest thing.

I love this.

I started going to conventions

and um, you know,

but I don't know if you know,

like you don't analyze it

when you're at that age.

I think, you know, there are

movies and television shows

that you see at a young

age that have an impact,

and then they either stay

with you later, or they don't,

but they're never

gonna affect you

like they affect you at that age

and I think that's

part of it, too.

This is Star Trek's

50th anniversary.

So, it's 50 years

since I was, uh,

playing the part.

From my vantage point,

50 years later,

I don't know where

it went, I mean,

uh, and-and-and

it's both

appalling and, uh,

and intriguing

when somebody looks

at me and says,

you know, uh,

"Are you...

Are you

Captain Kirk?"

Thinking of me 50 years ago.

I've talked to, uh,

quite a few people about time.

About the passage of

time and how time goes,

- of course...

- Fascinating, isn't it?

It is.

Have you talked

about the phenomenon

of time going

faster as you get older?

Feeling that time...

Tell me about that.

Just the feeling that time

goes by quicker

as you get older.

They find that

time does slow down

as you approach the

speed of light,

did you know that?

I've heard that.

Well, they've proven

that if you could go

at the speed of light somewhere,

time would cease to exist.

And, would-would aging,

then, slow?

- You'd stop aging!

- Right.

Now, I don't know

how that works,

'cause then when you come back,

uh, the Earth would've

gone on around the Sun

that many times and

you would not have.

So you'd be your age,

and-and your kids would

be your age as well.

I stopped understanding

what you were saying about

30 seconds ago.

I have to be honest.

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