>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME, ZACHARY QUINTO!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> A GREAT THEATER, HUH?
GREAT PLACE.
>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME BACK.
I'M GLAD TO BE HERE.
>> Stephen: WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT "STAR
TREK"" BEFORE.
YOU WERE ON LAST TIME FOR YOUR PLAY IN NEW YORK.
I'M AN ENORMOUS FAN.
>> I KNOW YOU ARE.
>> Stephen: OF YOUR PARTICULAR RENDITION OF SPOCK.
I LOVED LEONARD NIMOY.
I LOVE THE MOVIES YOU'RE DOING.
IT BRINGS BACK GREAT CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF HOW GOOD SCIENCE
FICTION CAN BE.
>> HOW FORWARD THINKING IT CAN BE.
HOW OPTIMISTIC IT CAN BE, HOW MUCH FAITH THERE CAN BE IN
HUMANITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE TREK.
>> Stephen: FIRST OF ALL, I'M SO SORRY ABOUT THE DEATH OF YOUR
FRIEND.
LOSS OF SUCH A TALENTED ACTOR.
>> BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL GUY.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO TALK ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY KNEW THAT THIS WOULD BE A REALLY
BITTERSWEET EXPERIENCE BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF LEONARD LAST
YEAR, BUT THIS HAS JUST BEEN ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING FOR ALL
OF US.
AND-- >> Stephen: YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN
WORKING TOGETHER SINCE 2007, SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
>> WE SHOT THE FIRST MOVIE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR GOAL HAS TO BE TO CELEBRATE HIS
INCREDIBLE LIFE AND HONOR HIM AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS A TERRIBLE LOSS, NOT ONLY TO US,
PERSONALLY, BUT I THINK TO THE INDUSTRY AND AUDIENCES.
HE WAS SUCH A TALENT.
>> Stephen: IT'S RARE IN, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU DO FOR, LIKE,
MOVIE STARS, I UNDERSTAND, IT'S RARE TO SPEND THAT MUCH TIME
WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE BECAUSE, FIRST OF ALL, YOU HAVE
TO HAVE A HUGE SUCCESS.
THEN YOU HAVE TO DO MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF IT TO KEEP THE CAST
AFFECT.
BUT FOR THE LAST, WHAT, NOW-- >> BETTER PART OF A DECADE.
>> Stephen: NINE YEARS.
YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER.
IS IT LIKE FAMILY?
>> I THINK WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED IN A LOT OF WAYS BECAUSE
WE GENUINELY LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH.
YOU HEAR PEOPLE, "YEAH, YEAH, IT'S COOL."
BUT WE ARE TRULY INTERTWINED INEXTRICABLY AND I THINK WE
ALWAYS WILL BE IN SUCH A GREAT WAY.
WE LAUGH LIKE NOBODY'S BUSINESS.
BUT WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE EACH OTHER.
THERE'S NO QUESTION.
IT.
AND I THINK WE ARE GENUINELY CONNECTED ON A TRUE LEVEL AS A
CAST AND FRIENDS EVEN WHEN WE'RE NOT FILMING THE MOVIES.
>> Stephen: AS I SAID, I LOVE "STAR TREK" AND THAT SERIES AND
THESE MOVIES GIVE ME THAT HOPEFUL, FUTURISTIC FEELING.
AND THERE'S A DIVIDE SOMETIMES IN THE SCI-FI COMMUNITY BETWEEN
"STAR TREK" AND "STAR WARS."
I HAVE MY OWN OPINIONS ABOUT THESE TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: GROWING UP, WERE YOU A "STAR TREK" OR "STAR WARS"
PERSON.
>> I GREW UP IN THE "STAR WARS" GENERATION SO I HAD NO CHOICE,
YOU GUYS, I COULDN'T-- MY HANDS WERE TIE GLD IT'S NOT A BAD
CHOICE.
>> I THINK "STAR WARS" ESPECIALLY WHEN I WAS A KID
APPEALS TO THE THE VISCERAL KIND OF ADVENTURE SPIRIT, THE ACTION
FIGURES.
I GOT REALLY INTO THAT, "THE EWALKS --
>> Stephen: I'M A HARD-CORE SCI-FI FAN FROM GOLDEN AGE
SCIENCE FICTION, AND TO ME "STAR TREK" IS REAL SCIENCE FICTION.
"STAR WARS" TAKES PLACE IN SPACE BUT SEEMS MORE SCIENCE FICTION
TO ME.
IT'S SPACE OPERA.
>> IT'S TRUE.
IT'S BEEN CLASSIFIED AS SUCH.
BUT I THINK SCIENCE FICTION INDICATES A KIND OF INTELLECTUAL
PURSUIT, LIKE AN IDEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF WHERE WE'RE GOING
AS A CIVILIZATION, AS A SPECIES.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
I THINK SCIENCE FICTION IS AN OUTGROWTH OF THE ENLIGHTENED
IDEA OF A PERFECTAL HUMANITY.
SOMETIMES TRANSLAT TRANSLATES TO BORING.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: NOT IN THIS CASE.
>> NOT NOW.
BUT WHEN I WAS A KID AND THAT ORIGINAL SERIES WOULD COME ON, I
WOULD BE LIKE UCK-- DON'T GET MAD AT ME.
>> Stephen: I'M NOT MAD.
I'M BAFFLED.
IS IT THE THE PRODUCTION-- IS IT BECAUSE IT'S A BUBBLY GREEN
MONSTER, AND THEY GO, "LOOK, IT'S PURE ENERGY."
>> AND THEY'RE SMASHING COMPUTERS THAT WERE CLEARLY MADE
OUT OF CARDBOARD.
>> Stephen: BUT IN THE FUTURE WE CAN MAKE COMPUTERS OUT OF
CARDBOARD, DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?
>> WE CAN 3D PRINT THEM OUT OF ANYTHING WE WANT.
>> Stephen: THE ORIGINAL, GENE RODDENBERRY, THE ORIGINAL CAST,
WHEN THEY COULDN'T AFFORD THE MONSTER THEY WOULD JUST SAY,
"IT'S A CREATURE OF PURE ENERGY" AND PROJECT LIGHT.
AND THAT'S HOW THEY WOULD SAVE MONEY.
THAT'S TV, BABY.
>> THAT IS TV FROM THE 60s.
THE GREAT PART ABOUT BEING A PART OF THIS REIMAGINING OF THE
FRANCHISE IS THIS VERSION OF IT IS THE OPPOSITE OF THAT.
IT TAKES THESE IDEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS AND INFUSES THEM
WITH ALL OF THE ACTION AND ALL OF THE EXCITEMENT THAT I THINK
THE ORIGINAL SERIES ASPIRED TO, AND SOMETIMES ACHIEVED, BUT
NOTES ALWAYS.
FOR ME IT WAS THE MOTION PICTURES.
THE ORIGINAL CAST IN THE MOTION PICTURES.
THE WRATH OF KAHN AND THEN IT STARTED TO CHANGE FOR ME AND
BROUGHT ME IN, IN A WAY.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, ON A BIG SCREEN
WHEN SHATNER IS ACTING THAT HARD.
>> YOU DO.
>> Stephen: IT WOULDN'T FIT ON A TV.