A lot of people remember me from Star Trek. They've all forgotten all the other things I've done. I was so identified with the role.
After Star Trek, I was with the top agencies, but producers and directors did not know what to do with me.
Basically, they had asked me if I would shave my head or wear a bald cap. I said look, if you are doing a series for five years I would want to shave my hair because I would go bald with all the gum and glue from the bald cap.
Besides, a bald cap would have never looked real.
Creative people are very insecure people because they don't know whether people like them or are in awe of them. That insecurity always comes out. It makes them a better actor, I feel.
Everybody told me to stay in Hollywood. This was the place they said I could have a big career. What they failed to mention was that no one would quite know what to do with me.
Everyone had told me that I'd be going to a million conventions, but I just went to the one. Maybe my agents didn't tell me when they invited me. Maybe people were trying to protect me because they didn't want me going to any of them, but I enjoyed it and I didn't think it was strange.
Gene Roddenberry was a genius.
Having shaved my head for the role put a spotlight on me.
I also had this artist friend who'd paint butterflies and things like that on my head.
I arrived in Hollywood and lived much of my life in America, but the fans did not really know me.
I just have beautiful memories of what has happened in my life.
I mean, every Star Trek episode you saw was just phenomenal.
I only went to one Star Trek convention and that was in the late '80s. I hadn't gone to a convention before that. It was quite amusing, with the people dressed up and all of that.
I sort of have that aura about me. In a way I was very shy deep inside because of it. People were afraid of me.
I was thrilled, because I like the big screen and I could then move on to the next thing. It was the biggest break for me. In a way, though, I wish it had been a TV series because then you are working for five years.
I'm going down in history with Star Trek. It's a great feeling.
If there is an exotic woman it's always a terrorist role.
Maybe I'm being philosophical and spiritual, but I believe that if you put negative energy out there that that is what will come back.
My first shower was the most sensual feeling with having the water fall on my head. It felt so beautiful on my naked head.
One thing about me, as far as my career is concerned, is that I'm very confident. I know I'm good.
Right now, I don't know what I'm doing next. I've come to a stage in my life where I accept things for what they are and go wherever life moves me.
That outfit I worn in Star Trek, the white one, it was my idea. I was supposed to wear one of those same gray uniforms.
There were a lot of women with hair that looked really stunning, but when you remove the hair they somehow lose the look.
You see, being bald and wearing that gray starship uniform, I would have looked like a boy. I wanted to look like a sexy female.
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