We're Living In An Increasingly Nationalistic, Xenophobic

I Love Playing Characters That Go To Extreme Places, And I Love To Explore Different Kinds Of Psychological Landscapes, So It Is Ultimately A Kind Of Fun, But It's Also Complicated And Colored By The Depth Of The Nastiness Of It, At Certain Times, As Well.

I Think The Next 50 Years Are Going To Present The Human Race With Challenges That So Far Exceed The Limitations Of Geopolitical Boundaries Or Nationalist Identity. We're Going To Be Up Against Challenges That We Can Barely Fathom At This Point. So How We Embrace Them And Deal With Them Will Define A Great Many Things About Where We Go, But, You Know, It's Hard To Say. We're Teetering On The Edge, I Would Say.

I Would Love To Be A Voice In This Maelstrom Of Chaos And Obsessive Celebrity Infatuation That Says, 'let's Talk About Something That Matters'.

My Relationship With Leonard [nimoy] Was A Byproduct Of Playing Spock That I Never Would Have Imagined, But The More I Got To Know Him, The More I Realized, There Are No Mistakes. I'm Playing This Role For Very Specific Reasons, And Maybe Those Reasons Have To Do With Where I Am Creatively In My Life, But Maybe They Have To Do With Where I Am Personally In My Life. Leonard Was Such A Teacher For Me.

Our Society Needs To Recognize The Unstoppable Momentum Toward Unequivocal Civil Equality For Every Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual And Transgendered Citizen Of This Country.