Leonard Nimoy
Leonard Nimoy
Leonard Simon Nimoywas an American actor, film director, photographer, author, singer and songwriter. He was 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 released in 2013...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth26 March 1931
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
Leonard Nimoy quotes about
herbs photographer newton
There are a lot of photographers who have influenced me; some of the great ones, like Herb Ritts, Helmut Newton, and [Alfred] Stieglitz. I draw from all of them. You're supposed to steal from the good ones.
george happen lucas released
I think what really made (the film) happen was that in 1977 George Lucas released 'Star Wars,'
became born came folks hollywood
My folks came to U.S. as immigrants, aliens, and became citizens. I was born in Boston, a citizen, went to Hollywood and became an alien.
dependent dynamics involved particular work
This particular work that I'm so involved with is very dependent on the dynamics and the theatricality of composition and light.
drama moon men
What fiction could match - in drama or suspense - man's first walk on the Moon?
spiritual religious congregation
I consider myself more spiritual than religious.
pieces alive cosmos
Other times, you're doing some piece of work and suddenly you get feedback that tells you that you have touched something that is very alive in the cosmos.
photography art inspiration
I have a Master's Degree in photography as a fine art, and I would call my work primarily conceptual. I don't carry cameras with me wherever I go. I get an idea of a subject matter I want to deal with and I pull out my cameras
moving inspiration black-and-white
I did not move into developing or processing color. I stayed with black and white. I still think to this day that I prefer to work in black and white if it has to do with poetry or anything other than specific reality. I have worked in color when I thought it was the appropriate way to express the thought that I was working on
photography photographer
That's true, because I'm a photographer now.
memories ideas satisfaction
My memory of those places is better than my pictures. That's why I get much more satisfaction out of shooting thematic work that has to do with an idea that I'm searching for, or searching to express.
distance ocean inspiration
I think about myself as like an ocean liner that's been going full speed for a long distance, and the captain pulls the throttle back all the way to 'stop', but the ship doesn't stop immediately. It has its own momentum and it keeps on going, and I'm very flattered that people are still finding me useful
civilization two rabbits
If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both.
inspirational mean
The means of many outweigh the means of the few or one.