All I know is that I have to act. It`s a compulsion. I`m driven to it. I wouldn`t say that I would die if it were taken away from me, but a large part of me would shrivel up.
Before long there was another series, Deep Space Nine, then Voyager, now there is Enterprise. Bill was still filling Captain Kirk`s shoes, and I was building shoes of my own.
I would like to see us get this place right first before we have the arrogance to put significantly flawed civilizations out onto other planets, even though they may be utterly uninhabited.
I`m going to Stratford next year [2009] to play Claudius in `Hamlet,` knowing that I shall never be asked to give my Hamlet. I`ve done bits of it in recital, but I never played Hamlet, I never played Romeo, I never played Orlando, I never played Benedick....
I was brought up in a very poor and very violent household. I spent much of my childhood being afraid.
