one spock

two spock

red spock

blue spock

glad spock

sad spock

old spock

new spock

hat spock

cat spock

head spock

dead spock

tie spock

high spock

alive spock

revived spock

all the spocks may come and go

but there’s one thing we’ll always know

no matter where or when you may be

spock is there

for you and me

live long and prosper

Interviewer: Does Spock envy Kirk in any way - or wish he had that ease with women, rather than the problems he’s always having?

Nimoy: “Well - Wait a minute - What problems?”

Interviewer: ‘Well, for example, Leila in “This Side of Paradise -“

Nimoy: “‘This Side of Paradise?’ That’s not a problem.”

Interviewer: ‘“I can love you,” Spock says when he finally is under the effect of the spores. Before that he couldn’t even talk to her.’

Nimoy [flatly]: “It’s not a problem. Spock without the influence of the spores functions the way he wants to - functions the way he chooses to. The spores put him in an altered position, where he functions differently because of the spores. But before and after the effect of the spores, he functions the way he chooses to.

Interviewer: ‘But the essence of that particular story is that spores released him to express the emotions which he had within him.’

Nimoy: “Well, I dealt with that in the book, I Am Not Spock. The point is that what you’re saying, the position you’re taking is that Spock, if he had the choice would choose to function as he did under the influence of the spores. Or that he was happiest then. And what I said in the book was that that’s not necessarily true. He had some insight into another kind of experience, which was interesting. But that does not necessarily mean that that would be his choice. Given the opportunity, he makes the choice to go the other way. He could, at the end of the show say, I would prefer to be that way, to be in that condition. But he doesn’t, does he?”

Interviewer: ‘Actually, he almost does. He says, “For the first time in my life, I was happy.” ’

Nimoy: “I wrote about that line, and what I said was that the human assumption would be that that would be a desirable state. Spock is not describing it in a qualitative sense. He’s describing it in a descriptive sense. Like you might say, ‘For the first time in my life I had a hamburger. For the first time in my life I was happy. For the first time in my life I walked down La Cienega Boulevard. For the first time in my life, I sat down and had lunch at The Captain’s Table.’ It’s just a statement of fact of something that he experienced. Humans would automatically say, ‘Aw, the poor guy, he can’t be happy anymore. He was only happy for that moment.’ Spock wasn’t feeling sorry for himself when he said that. He isn’t saying: (Spock:) ‘That’s a state of grace that I would like to achieve for the rest of my life.’ He’s just saying: ‘That’s interesting. Now I know what Humans mean when they say, “I’m happy.” Well, for the first time in my life, I was happy. So, I know, now. It’s part of my recorded matter in my head. If somebody says, “Do you know what happiness is?” - Yeah, I think I could say I know what that is. I had that once.’”

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