To boldly go ... (Star Trek)

[San Antone]

I wonder how many actors have had that kind of experience, after playing a role with which they were evermore identified.

Peter Falk, Columbo?
Angela Landsbury, Jessica Fletcher?
John Hamm, Don Draper?

[Karl Henning]

Peter Falk, Columbo?
Angela Landsbury, Jessica Fletcher?
John Hamm, Don Draper?

And on the downside, Anthony Perkins, Norman Bates.

[Number Six]

Peter Falk, Columbo?
Angela Landsbury, Jessica Fletcher?
John Hamm, Don Draper?

Of all the James Bond actors, I would say Roger Moore. Though all of them will always be Bond, the way PStew will always be Picard or McKellan will always be Gandalf.

[DavidW]

the way PStew will always be Picard or McKellan will always be Gandalf.

I don't know about that. Their X-Men roles were almost as popular.

[DavidW]

I wonder how many actors have had that kind of experience, after playing a role with which they were evermore identified.

Even worse is that Star Trek actors are apparently expected to have panels at conventions until they die of old age. Can you imagine maintaining enthusiasm about a role you played back when people were still salty over Mondale losing the election?

[Number Six]

Even worse is that Star Trek actors are apparently expected to have panels at conventions until they die of old age. Can you imagine maintaining enthusiasm about a role you played back when people were still salty over Mondale losing the election?

[VonStupp]

Even worse is that Star Trek actors are apparently expected to have panels at conventions until they die of old age. Can you imagine maintaining enthusiasm about a role you played back when people were still salty over Mondale losing the election?

I'm still salty over Hubert Humphrey losing. Maybe I need to move on...
VS

[LKB]

I'm still salty over Hubert Humphrey losing. Maybe I need to move on...
VS

And he lost to Nixon, no less.

Wherever HH is now, l bet that still stings.

[Karl Henning]

I am constantly asked how I managed to "keep a straight face" while playing the character. In terms of actor's craft, it was easy. I'm always amazed at the speed and deftness with which a plumber fixes a leaky faucet. That's his craft. Mine included emotional control and manipulation. I remember one day on the Star Trek set when a group of actors were listening to a story being told by one of the group. There was a funny ending and everyone laughed. I didn't.
An actress in the group said, "Leonard is in his Spock bag."
I was, deeply into it and that was sometimes a problem.  I was like a pressure cooker. Plenty of emotional input, and little or no emotional release.  I was so thoroughly immersed in the character that my weekends were a gradual trip back to emotional normalcy.

— Leonard Nimoy, I Am Not Spock