James Doohan
Hollywood has decided I'm a Scottish character actor, even though I'm not Scottish. And there is no sense in even talking to them about doing other type movies.Collection: Movies
Luckily, the bullet that hit my chest never got to me. It was stopped by a silver case I got for my brother's wedding.Collection: Wedding
The real love comes from 'Trek' fans.
I must admit, I'm not Scottish at all. I'm really an Irish-Canadian from Vancouver.
When you walk on a stage and see 5,000 fans who adore you, you can't knock that.
I'm one of these people that cannot do anything for himself. All I have to do is work hard at things God sends me to do. And that's what I do. I work really hard.
I like Captain Kirk, but I sure don't like Bill. He's so insecure that all he can think about is himself.
It is deadly to be typecast.
I've been married three times.
Fathering kids in old age runs in the family.
I'm very, very impressed with the 'Next Generation.'
What a lot of people don't know about me is that I'm a pilot myself.
I would prefer to do nothing but Shakespeare.
I really enjoy house painting - especially the trim work. People think I'm crazy, but it's more fun than using the roller on the walls.
I think I saw 'Star Wars' four times and I have a tape of it.
I love to see good movies.
I named Scotty after my maternal grandfather Montgomery.
The fans like that I'm a good father figure.
It used to really bug me when they'd send down Mr. Spock to engineering to help me.
To me, just reading about matter and antimatter was terrific.
I'm a grandfather nine times over.
You never forget how to change diapers.
Beam me up,' that's what the fans always shout at me. I don't mind at all. That phrase is what I'll forever be identified with.
Being typecast has helped me to become famous all over the world.
As long as there's an autograph to be signed, I want to do it.
I swear to you, once I started on 'Star Trek' I was typecast. It's a crime.
Well, maybe way, way back. I'm related to the Scots that came to Ireland to try to tame the Irish.
I think Patrick Stewart is a fabulous actor.
I know Gene was quite displeased with the way the first 'Star Trek' turned out.
I've always wanted to do comedy.
The more scientists I talk to, the less I believe in UFOs.
At my home we make a point at 6 o'clock of watching 'Star Trek.' We come away from any show saying, 'Wow that's good.'
For a while, I was known as Canada's hardest working actor. Then I went to Holly wood, and almost became a nobody.
For three or four years I resented it. I got very angry when people would say, 'Well, you're Scotty.' Casting directors, producers, directors would say this to me and then they would go home every night and watch me on 'Star Trek.' After those three or four years, I got used to it.
I have enjoyed some of 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' but I saw the first 14 or 15 of them and all they were doing was shows we had done.
To me, when you create a character, you create a total human being.
To me, Scotty is 99 percent James Doohan, and 1 percent accent.
I can do any accent in the world.
My mother told me that at the age of 6 or 7,1 would walk around reading out loud. I would go through a doorway and change my accent.
In the 1950s, when there was nothing else on television but the United Nations, I would sit down and imitate every darned thing they said.
I have never ever sold my signature.
Long before 'Star Trek' I was playing every kind of role you can imagine.
The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain.Collection: Easier
I really didn`t have to work, shall we say, with "Star Trek." It was a natural. When I opened my mouth, there was Scotty. It`s like I tell people what you see in Scotty is 99% James Doohan and 1% accent.Collection: Stars
Well, I was always... I used to get 100% in physics and chemistry and mathematics (well, maybe a couple of points off in mathematics), and that was in high school.Collection: Couple