Actress

We are all part of the same energy that envelops.

Every star, whether it's Harrison Ford or Robert De Niro, is remembered by one film. Persis is a star in the sky - how can a star be forgotten when all you have to do is look up and see her?

If there is an exotic woman it's always a terrorist role.

It's tough to make it as an actor, tougher still to make it as an actress - the Screen Actors Guild is eager to provide the statistics to verify the latter.

I had a growing career as a model and an actress in London - I had starred opposite Michael Caine and Sidney Poitier in 'The Wilby Conspiracy' - but everyone told me to stay in Hollywood. This was the place, they said, and I could have a big career. What they failed to mention was that no one would quite know what to do with me.

I'm going down in history with Star Trek. It's a great feeling.

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.

I also had this artist friend who'd paint butterflies and things like that on my head.

One thing about me, as far as my career is concerned, is that I'm very confident. I know I'm good.

I thought I was very pretty without hair. Naked, more honest somehow. No glamor, just bald old me. I seldom wore wigs or hats. But some people must have thought I was an exhibitionist or a religious fanatic.

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.

I just have beautiful memories of what has happened in my life.

I love what I do, and I'm not doing anything either for money or for the sake of some unfulfilled ambition.

Having shaved my head for the role put a spotlight on 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.

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.

I know that nobody can become a star without a team.

After Star Trek, I was with the top agencies, but producers and directors did not know what to do with me.

I was brought to Hollywood by Gene Roddenberry and Michael Eisner, chosen from 600 hopefuls to star in the original 'Star Trek' motion picture. The success of the film, coupled with the allure that I had shaved my head for the role, put a spotlight on me.