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I did my very first film with Kirk in Detective Story when he was the greatest, greatest star in the world. I fell in love with him, had a crush on him then.

Claude Kirk was probably the most charismatic person I ever met.

And I enjoyed the celebrity and the creativity that was involved in Star Trek.

I have always been a fan of 'Star Trek.' I love Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future.

I wasn't a 'Star Trek' fan, yet I knew who all the characters were. that goes to show what an impact the show had not just in entertainment but in life. I knew who Chekhov was and I knew who Kirk and Spock were, although I probably had never seen the show.

All in all, Kirk's character is something I am very proud of.

Claude Kirk could be hysterically funny and fearlessly bold, and he championed the environment, education, and diversity long before those issues were fashionable.

I think Douglas was a real one-off. He was so clever and so intelligent and so well read in real science that he could make science fiction work as well as it did. And just such fun to have around, he was just such a lovely man.

'Star Trek' was always a little bit closed emotionally. I never connected to the characters.

I'm a big 'Star Trek' fan.