Happy Birthday James Doohan!

Jimmy absolutely adored playing the role of Scotty on Star Trek.

The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain.

I wish I could say that Bill is a nice man, but he isn't.

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.

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.

What shocked me, my manager called me up one day and told me that I was going to do a video on "Cold Fusion: Fire from Water" and I couldn't believe it. I couldn't wait to get there and start working on it.

I like Captain Kirk, but I can't say that I'm very fond of Bill Shatner.

It was a fluke that between Christmas and New Year's of 1945 and 1946, I put my books down, turned on the radio and heard the worst drama I had ever heard, ever. It got my dander up because I had done some speaking and a little bit of acting.

That's the responsibility of all actors: to keep your character as vibrant as possible. I just live my life and I like my characters to live that life, too. At least Scotty, anyway, because Scotty is the closest to Jimmy Doohan that I've ever done.

It's the greatest feeling in the world and I do it about 30 to 35 to 40 times a year.