DeForest Kelley

“It was a perfectly average well- adjusted childhood, not a bit unlike that of millions of other individuals.”

“I have no aspiration whatsoever to be the next great leading man.”

“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.”

“Star Trek is perhaps the best thing that ever happened to me, in a career sense.”

“My ambition is peace and perfection.”

“I ran around with the other youngsters, hunting, fishing and raising tadpoles and all the rest.”

“I m up at 5 in the morning and in bed by 10 in the evening.”

“I think every actor injects some of his own personality into his parts. There's a great deal of myself in McCoy, a great deal of Bill in Kirk, and a great deal of Leonard in Spock!”

“I'd wanted to become a doctor and couldn't - yet became the best known doctor in the galaxy.”

“I liked Westerns for two reasons: First, it took the actor outside. They were all very physical at that time and not limited to a stage. Second, they paid my rent an awful lot.”

“I have been exposed to a great amount of temptation throughout the course of my career.”

“When I look back and think how fortunate I've been to work with some wonderful people and had some marvelous experiences, then I can look at 'Star Trek' and think it's almost like the cream on the coffee. I don't approach it as anything but a magnificent plus.”

“I refuse to be crude and selfish in any way.”

“What I truly miss the most is having sufficient time to do all the things that need to be done around the house and for our friends.”

“The most important influence in my childhood was my father.”

“I have considered myself a mature actor.”

“My father started me singing in church.”

“I once aged 90 years old in one episode.”

“I had fallen in love with California.”

“You see, I was the son of a baptist minister.”