'I’ve met two kinds of people — people who have profited from their experiences and people who have been embittered by them. Nichelle was never embittered by what she had to deal with. She was enlarged from her experiences and the adversity she faced.'
where Uhura is at a loss for words. In the sixth installment, our heroes are trying to infiltrate Klingon airspace without the use of a universal translator, which would give them away. That leaves Uhura and the rest of the crew poring through Klingon dictionaries in a desperate attempt to hold up a conversation with the crew of another ship.
When “Star Trek” was a television series, they got used to the idea of different directors, different writers coming in for the various episodes, so they were professionally experienced. They were just amazingly helpful to me. And she was amazingly helpful. I was also writing the screenplay and she would say things like, “This isn’t exactly how Uhura would express herself here.” She would give me her version, and then I’d tweak it.
As for Nichelle, she was always professional and prompt. She knew her lines and she was not shy about making contributions. I remember she lectured me on “Wrath of Khan” and said, “Look, you’re saving my closeups for the end of the day. That is not the best time to shoot an actress.” What did I know? So we went back to the scene first thing in the morning.
When we worked together on “Star Trek VI,” it was a bittersweet experience because it was going to be the last film for the original cast, and they knew it. But it didn’t really impact anything until we filmed the last scene of the movie, which was on the last day of shooting. It had been psychologically built into the schedule that day. Well, nobody was happy. It was: “I don’t like this line or I don’t like that line. Can we try it again?” It wasn’t just Nichelle.
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