Vaughn Armstrong: (on working on Trek) There's nothing I like better than going to a set every single day. I can be on a set from six in the morning until three the next morning and beg for more. I know some actors complain about having to be there, which annoys me because there is nothing I would rather be doing.
Vaughn Armstrong: (on the need for theatrics while under the mask) One of the nice things is that you get to put on all that makeup, and suddenly you have a Cardassian neck, for instance, that looks like it's been straining with tension for 50 million years, or you have a Klingon with a forehead that looks like they used to run into each other with their heads when they were growing up. That gives you some idea where they're coming from. I tend to start with the human behind the mask, then allow the mask to take its effect.
Vaughn Armstrong: I've been an actor for 34 years, since the time I was 16. I was a little hoodlum growing up in a small town, and my mother was looking for some kind of activity. She offered me money to do something more positive, ten dollars to audition for this play in school. I got in it, and there were all these girls! Money and women were what got me into it. The reasons change as time goes on -- now it's money and my children. But I've never done really anything else.
Vaughn's first co-starring turn with Kate Mulgrew came in a stage production of Shakespeare's Measure For Measure.
Vaughn is the only actor to play a Klingon, a Romulan, a Cardassian (two, actually), a Vidiian, and a Borg ... his only one remaining Star Trek fantasy: he thinks it would be nice to play a series regular.
Vaughn's television career started in the 70's with performances on shows like Simon & Simon, Wonder Woman, Lou Grant, and many other popular shows of the day.
Vaughn has also performed at the LA Public Theater, the La Jolla Playhouse, and many more.
Vaughn was the Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Repertory Theater for two years.
Vaughn frequently appears at Scifi conventions in support of his many roles on Star Trek, he enjoys meeting the fans and says that he always has a blast.
Vaughn's Enterprise (2001) character, Admiral Maxwell Forrest, was named after the late DeForest Kelley who played Dr. Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy in the original Star Trek (1966) series. Kelley died on June 11, 1999.
Vaughn originally auditioned for the role of Commander William T. Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).
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