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Leonard Simon Nimoy was an American actor, film director, photographer, author, singer and songwriter. He was best known for his role as Spock of the Star Trek franchise, a character he portrayed in television and film from a pilot episode shot in late 1964 to his final film performance in 2013.

Nimoy began his career in his early twenties, teaching acting classes in Hollywood and making minor film and television appearances through the 1950s, as well as playing the title role in Kid Monk Baroni. Foreshadowing his fame as a semi-alien, he played Narab, one of three Martian invaders, in the 1952 movie serial Zombies of the Stratosphere.

In December 1964, he made his first appearance in the rejected Star Trek pilot "The Cage", and went on to play the character of Spock until the end of the production run in early 1969, followed by eight feature films and guest slots in the various spin-off series. The character has had a significant cultural impact and garnered Nimoy three Emmy Award nominations; TV Guide named Spock one of the 50 greatest TV characters. After the original Star Trek series, Nimoy starred in Mission: Impossible for two seasons, hosted the documentary series In Search of..., narrated Civilization IV, and made several well-received stage appearances. He also had a recurring role in the science fiction series Fringe.

Nimoy's public profile as Spock was so strong that both of his autobiographies, I Am Not Spock and I Am Spock , were written from the viewpoint of sharing his existence with the character. In 2015 an asteroid was named 4864 Nimoy in his honor.

In September 2016, For the Love of Spock, a feature-film documentary that covered his life and career, was released.

✵ 26. March 1931 – 27. February 2015
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Leonard Nimoy: 15 quotes12 likes

Famous Leonard Nimoy Quotes

“Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.”

Leonard Nimoy

“Hello, I'm Leonard Nimoy. The following tale of alien encounters is true. By true I mean false. It's all lies. But they're entertaining lies and in the end, isn't that the truth?

The answer is no.”

Leonard Nimoy

“Rocket ships
are exciting
but so are roses
on a birthday.”

Leonard Nimoy

Source: Come Be With Me: A Collection of Poems

“Age is not a problem. It's only a number. ”

Leonard Nimoy

“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP”

Leonard Nimoy

Leonard Nimoy's last tweet https://twitter.com/therealnimoy/status/569762773204217857 (February 23, 2015), quoted in Miriam Kramer, " Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy Dies at 83 http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/star-trek-s-leonard-nimoy-dies-at-83/", Scientific American (February 27, 2015).

Leonard Nimoy Quotes

“The miracle is this
The more we share…
The more
We have”

Leonard Nimoy

"You and I have Learned".
These Words Are for You (1981)

“Live long and prosper!”

Leonard Nimoy

A reoccurring saying by the alien race Vulcans in the science fiction television show Star Trek. It first appeared in the season two premiere Amok Time (1967). Leonard Nimoy coined it according to his autobiography I am not Spock (1975).
Variant: Live long and prosper!

“I believe in goodness
Mercy and charity
I believe in a universal spirit
I believe in casting bread
Upon the waters”

Leonard Nimoy

A Lifetime of Love: Poems on the Passages of Life

“Whatever we are
We belong together
Wherever we are
We will find each other
Whoever we are
We are
Forever one.”

Leonard Nimoy

A Lifetime of Love: Poems on the Passages of Life

“If he (Spock) didn’t have any emotions, he wouldn’t be interesting. Actually, Spock does have a sense of compassion though he won’t allow himself to believe that. I admire his logic. It’s so uncluttered. I appreciate the ability to be precise. I like to think that I am logical—but sometimes I look back and wonder if the things I do are logical.”

Leonard Nimoy

"Leonard Nimoy's Confessions About His Emotions", TV And Movie Play magazine (1967)

“I considered acting an opportunity to express emotions—and I took advantage of every opportunity l got. It took me a long time to discover that restraint can be admirable. Restraint, however, does not mean lack of emotion. The thing that irks me is lack of emotion trying to pass for restraint. Lack of emotion is pathological; restraint is civilized.”

Leonard Nimoy

"Leonard Nimoy's Confessions About His Emotions", TV And Movie Play magazine (1967)

“In the same book (I Am Not Spock), I said if I was given a chance to identify with any character on television, I would choose Spock. I admire him, I like him and I respect him. I would rather be identified with Spock than any other character on television. But the mistake I made was in using that title, ‘I Am Not Spock,’ as the title of the book. People assumed I was rejecting Spock and Star Trek but they didn’t read the book. If you read the book, you’ll find quite the opposite.”

Leonard Nimoy

Star Trek: The Magazine (2012)

“I am very troubled by this horrible issue of "who is a Jew?" I'm very simplistic about it. I ask, if Hitler were here, would he consider me a Jew? And of course he'd say yes, and that's the end of that. If we were all in line to go to Auschwitz, would the Orthodox pull us out of line and say, "You're not a Jew"?”

Leonard Nimoy

"A Conversation with Leonard Nimoy" http://www.reformjudaism.org/jewish-life/arts-culture/conversation-leonard-nimoy, Reform Judaism Magazine (Spring 1998).

“I’m much more emotional than Mr. Spock. Spock rarely betrays what he is thinking or feeling. He’s fun to portray. But I hope I won’t explode one of these days.”

Leonard Nimoy

"Leonard Nimoy's Confessions About His Emotions", TV And Movie Play magazine (1967)

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