And I said "Jeri you know since you're going out with Brannon" who is one of the chief writers,
"He'll never write a scene where you and I kiss, he's too jealous.
He would never write where you and I kiss",
and she said "Oh my God, I'm gonna tell him what you just said.
The ratings of of Star Trek were steadily you know, they weren't they weh
I think it started actually on Voyager.
It started on Deep Space Nine, Oh didi it.
DS9 numbers started falling, then Voyagers numbers started falling.
They all decayed.
It's not fun to think of yourself as the person who was responsible for killing the franchise.
I mean look at you, you're pathetic.
A confused child trying to live up to a legacy left by her predecessors.
You're not worthy of the name Dax.
I knew Jadzia, she was vital, alive, she owned herself,
and you, you don't even know who you are.
How dare you presume to help me.
You can't even help yourself.
Now get out of here, before I say something unkind.
Yeah absolutely.
Would you make a deal like that?
No.
Then why should I?
You shouldn't.
You're not a very good negotiator, are you.
It was like finally by August they couldn't find anyone to play this character of Jadzia Dax,
so then they brought me in, it was like okay
now we're scraping the barrel let's bring Terry Farrell in,
and so I basically look... looked like a space slut.
I had on haa seriously it was still like the end of the Madonna so, or Madonna time when
she had all the bustier things, and so bustier, and I definitely loaded it up so my boobs
looked way bigger than they were, and they said Rick Berman needs you back up at the top,
and there and there's uh Rick, and they said you've got it, and I burst into tears.
My character wasn't clearly defined.
I remember Rick Berman telling me to be more like Yoda, and then having me come up another week
and telling me I need to be more like Grace Kelly.
Like Grace Kelly.
We got a call from Whoopi Goldberg, wouldn't it be great to have her play this alien character.
Kind of a Yoda like eh character.
What excites me is when little kids will come up to me, little girls, and uhm aah
you're my hero, and you think wow!
I don't realise that I'm affecting somebody coz I'm generally at work.
I'm not out that much.
I don't go out too much, but that makes me feel really good, and it's nice that
a little girl will think I wanna be like that, and I'm playing somebody who's intelligent and
centred, and somebody who's cares about life, and protecting people,
and she has her priorities in order.
We managed to bring together uhm a, a group of wonderful actors, wonderful actors.
Eh people like eh Siddig,
eh people like eh Colm Meaney,
eh Rene... I was going to say Eshabria.
Auberjonois.
Rene Auberjonois.
Uhm we've had some eh just some really remarkable people who have come in and played these roles.
People, John Billingsley,
eh Dominic Keating.
We eh, we put together a great cast.
Yeah we did, and I remember Connor, I mean we eh drr we did, it wasn't a struggle.
When Jolene came in she kind of eh, she kinda nailed it.
We can't keep taking these kinds of losses sir, not if we expect to win this.
Thankyou doctor, that will be all.
This is where I shot my very first scene after being cast on the show, and
I have to tellyou I was a nervous wreck.
I mean imagine watching Star Trek as a child on television, and suddenly finding out
you're going to be part of this legend.
It's a thrilling experience, and in the beginning
I think it took me about 4 months to finally settle down and relax.
Casting the, the beautiful woman in a show is always a bitch.
They hired me an acting couch because I couldn't handle the technobabble, so that wasn't humiliating
at all.
*laughter* First season yeah we went through hell getting you here, and now I don't know,
we might want to let you go 'cause you can't do the technobabble.
Well yeah it doesn't help that you change it right before I walk through the door.
*laughter*
I remember it was, it was very hard on eh on, on Deep Space Nine, because we had to
find a woman who was not only eh beautiful and a good actor, but also had the wisdom
of somebody who was supposed to be like hundreds of years old.
And you know and then you treat me like 'well she's just a model' *Oooh* Right.
So oh thanks for that.
So then you're expecting me to be smarter than I actually am *laughter* capable of being
OK.
How did I get the fucking part *laughter* Naughty in notes that we'd use, Berman is
like that asshole.
Haha haha.
Jesus man, can't you do anything?
Stop screwing around.
Get this done by the time I get back.
I'm gonna take a crap.
Crap my ass.
Just do it man.
I mean it.
You've heard a thing or two about what make-up can do for you, right.
Now how about your hair?
I'm not just talking clean hair, I'm talking shiny and soft.
I'm talking colour you shampoo in.
Beautiful colour that's you, only better.
Nice 'n Easy, that's what it's called, Nice 'n Easy.
I can't think of another move that can make you feel so good about yourself.
Love maybe.
*sighs* You work for someone who's... eh, he was not respectful of me, and I know that
if I was a man he would've treated me very differently, so all around it felt like I
have to stand for this, so I, I, he wanted to fight that and I had to, you know I was
put in the position that I just had to say no.
Very well, we'll make the trade.
They were very welcoming, wonderful, some of them were tired from wearing that make-up
for so many years hahaha, but uh poor Armin, I know, but actually Armin was uhm the one
who was really the nicest to me, reaching out from day one.
Uhm so yeah it was a great experience.
I just felt so right about playing that role, like when, soon as I read the sides for the
audition I just knew that was my part.
I think for Terry she was very, very hurt by producers.
Wouldn't it have been fabulous if my body had been in a fabulous gay man, and then Worf
would have had to deal with that.
Oh my God!
Right.
I was literally thinking the exact same thing.
Eh we can't be the only two.
No.
I know, I know I'm not.
Yeah.
Because, we, all of us, you know Michael will, will say wouldn't that be awesome.
Especially Worf, not Michael.
Michael's got a huge heart, he's, no, no, you know.
Yeah.
But Worf, poor Worf would've been like...
Could you imagine?
Out of his skin.
If it had been like a super hot trojan style warrior.
OH.
That bonded with Worf.
oh. and Worf was like...
Big guy.
I'm kinda into this.
Big guy, not a feminine guy.
Yeah.
Like whoa.
Rrrrr.
Yeah.
That would've been great.
So great.
We were all bummed out at the end of season six when we lost Terry, uh we didn't think
it was going to happen.
We didn't want it to happen, and it happened.
While we were still filming in the sixth season in January, what's called pilot season.
I started reading for pilots, and I started testing.
I started getting really close to getting a few different shows, and then I didn't get
them.
Rick Berman knew this.
He was something different, manipulative, treacherous, trusted by neither side.
I had some really unpleasant things happen to me with regards to men, and so that made
me feel even more.
Yeah.
kind of scared.
Yeah but you had some scared moments of your own.
It's screwed up, but I hate to say it, but.
Yeah, but you know, and then partly the business was just like that, it, it, it, and.
Especially, especially then.
Yeah, especially then.
It was bad.
You just suck it up, you didn't know.
Oh God that sounded terrible, but you just deal with it *Laughter* You just deal with
it.
Did you?
Part of it unfortunately was just a negative part that you just had to deal with because
otherwise you lose your job.
That's terrible, that's terrible.
Yeah.
Even on Deep Space.
You do your very best and it's a no win scenario, and someone would be a liar and that would
be your test.
I think it was really mean and I don't like it.
*laughter*
So prove it.
Well if you like it so much why don't you taste it?
Come on be nice.
Aratatatatooey.
This ain't starting man.
Fucked up again it ain't starting.
I'm gonna kick
your ass, kick your ass, come on now, come on everybody this ain't starting, come on
motherfucker.
Come on, you fucked up again you asshole.
Sloan what are you doing?
Paper work.
What is it my breath?
Shoot figures or something I need somebody.
I'll go.
You're it.