Top 25 Quotes & Sayings by DeForest Kelley

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Last updated on September 17, 2024.

Jackson DeForest Kelley, known to colleagues as "Dee", was an American actor, screenwriter, poet, and singer. He was known for his roles in Westerns and as Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy of the USS Enterprise in the television and film series Star Trek (1966–1991).

American - Actor | January 20, 1920 - June 11, 1999

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When Gene first contacted me for 'Star Trek,' he gave me the part of Spock to read! I'm glad I didn't take it because I don't think anyone could have played Spock better than Leonard Nimoy.

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I once aged 90 years old in one episode.

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I'd wanted to become a doctor and couldn't - yet became the best known doctor in the galaxy.

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When I look back and think how fortunate I've been to work with some wonderful people and had some marvelous experiences, then I can look at 'Star Trek' and think it's almost like the cream on the coffee. I don't approach it as anything but a magnificent plus.

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The most important influence in my childhood was my father.

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You see, I was the son of a baptist minister.

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I'm very grateful for the career that I've had. And I'm very grateful for the experiences that 'Star Trek' has afforded me, along with my past background.

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I had fallen in love with California.

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I m up at 5 in the morning and in bed by 10 in the evening.

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My ambition is peace and perfection.

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I have considered myself a mature actor.

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I have no aspiration whatsoever to be the next great leading man.

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It was a perfectly average well- adjusted childhood, not a bit unlike that of millions of other individuals.

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Star Trek is perhaps the best thing that ever happened to me, in a career sense.

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The expense of a screen test is one reason why it's difficult to crash Hollywood.

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I liked Westerns for two reasons: First, it took the actor outside. They were all very physical at that time and not limited to a stage. Second, they paid my rent an awful lot.

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Star Trek has brought so much of what I want within my grasp.

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I think every actor injects some of his own personality into his parts. There's a great deal of myself in McCoy, a great deal of Bill in Kirk, and a great deal of Leonard in Spock!

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My father started me singing in church.

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I ran around with the other youngsters, hunting, fishing and raising tadpoles and all the rest.

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