From the archives: Leonard Nimoy on "Star Trek"

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  @schallrd1 · 6 years ago

  Star Trek would not be Star Trek without Spock.

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• PA

  @patriciawalters6778 · 6 years ago

  How fortunate we all were that he won the role of Spock. Star Trek would not have been what it was absent his gentility, grace and wisdom.

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• HE

  @heyquantboy · 3 years ago (edited)

  Overnight success after 15 years of hard work.  Well deserved.  Mr Nimoy made this world a much better place with his life's work.

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• GF

  @gfogelman · 6 years ago

  I had a chance to meet him around the year 2000 when I was managing a restaurant in NYC that he and his wife often came to. After several visits when I was there, I finally couldn't stand it anymore and had to say hello. I approached him and told him what an honor it was to meet him and shook his hand. And all he did was flash me a huge and appreciative smile. Maybe he said thank you, I don't remember, but of all the celebs that used to come to that restaurant and all the others I've seen in the city over the last 20 years, meeting him was the biggest thrill. A very nice, classy and charming man. And his wife, btw, was lovely as well. An incredible memory for me that I'll never forget.

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• PE

  @petercyr3508 · 6 years ago

  It was what Nimoy put into the character that made it iconic.

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• WH

  @whooziss · 6 years ago

  During the late 1970s he gave a talk to a packed house at the college in northern Michigan I attended, and took questions from the audience. I was lucky enough to get called on, and asked him if the sharp give and take between Spock, Kirk and (especially) Bones was scripted or ad libed. He seemed to like the question, and explained in some detail that the chemistry between them made improvisation easy to do. Not entirely, of course, they still had a script to go by, but the directors let them flesh out the dialogue. Led to some wonderful scenes.

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• BO

  @boledle · 6 years ago

  The relationship between Bones and Spock was one of the pillars of that show

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• WO

  @WOTArtyNoobs · 6 years ago

  Leonard Nimoy brought Spock to life. The script writers may have written the words, but Leonard made the character much more than that. His son mentioned that his dad used to stay Spock even at home and so there's a lot of Leonard's personality in Spock. He was a fascinating man - a true artist.

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• KE

  @kevinbrennan-ji1so · 9 months ago

  Love Nimoy's honesty and recollective abilities and his charm.

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• CO

  @cooldudeawesome9344 · 6 years ago

  He played one of the most recognizable characters in tv history

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• RI

  @ricka4192 · 6 years ago

  I could listen to him speak for hours...really "fascinating".

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• ST

  @stacyblue1980 · 8 years ago

  I miss him . Star Trek will always be a huge part of life. Spock will always be the ultimate hero.

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