DeForest Kelley Quotes

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DeForest Kelley

Profession : Actor

Birth : January 20, 1920

The most important influence in my childhood was my father.

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I'd wanted to become a doctor and couldn't - yet became the best known doctor in the galaxy.

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I m up at 5 in the morning and in bed by 10 in the evening.

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I'm very grateful for the career that I've had. And I'm very grateful for the experiences that 'Star Trek' has afforded me, along with my past background.

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My ambition is peace and perfection.

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I refuse to be crude and selfish in any way.

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You see, I was the son of a baptist minister.

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I have been exposed to a great amount of temptation throughout the course of my career.

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My father started me singing in church.

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I ran around with the other youngsters, hunting, fishing and raising tadpoles and all the rest.

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It was a perfectly average well- adjusted childhood, not a bit unlike that of millions of other individuals.

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I had fallen in love with California.

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I have deep feelings for the welfare and comfort of others.

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I have considered myself a mature actor.

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I am still seeking to become firmly established as an actor.

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I have no aspiration whatsoever to be the next great leading man.

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Star Trek has brought so much of what I want within my grasp.

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What I truly miss the most is having sufficient time to do all the things that need to be done around the house and for our friends.

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Star Trek is perhaps the best thing that ever happened to me, in a career sense.

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I once aged 90 years old in one episode.

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