Persis Khambatta

Actress

27 Quotes

If I send out positive messages, it will set a chain of healthy thought processes.

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.

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.

I mean, every Star Trek episode you saw was just phenomenal.

I arrived in Hollywood and lived much of my life in America, but the fans did not really know me.

I love America. I eagerly became a citizen. I have no bitterness toward those casting directors who dismissed me because of my accent, nor toward the producers and directors who wanted to cast me but thought the audience wouldn't accept my accent. I think they're selling their audience short.

Gene Roddenberry was a genius.

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