I like Captain Kirk, but I can't say that I'm very fond of Bill Shatner
(William Shatner).
I really didn't have to work, shall we say, with Star Trek. It was a natural. When I opened my mouth, there was Scotty. It's like I tell people what you see in Scotty is 99% James Doohan and 1% accent.
That's the responsibility of all actors: to keep your character as
vibrant as possible. I just live my life and I like my characters to
live that life, too. At least Scotty, anyway, because Scotty is the
closest to Jimmy Doohan that I've ever done.
[1998] I wish I could say that Bill (William Shatner) is a nice man, but he isn't.
[1998, on if he's tired of hearing the line 'beam me up']: I'm not tired of it at all. Good gracious, it's been said to me for just about 31 years. It's been said to me at 70 miles an hour across four lanes on the freeway. I hear it from just about everybody. It's been fun.