DeForest Kelley

The most important influence in my childhood was my father.

I am still seeking to become firmly established as an actor.

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

It's very hard to play the straight lead girl and still make her sparkly and fun and real.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

The scene changes but the aspirations of men of good will persist.