gene roddenberry, i think you said he wanted a multicultural cast. how did tha that happen, and hod you get there? >> gene wanted to use star trek as a metaphor for so many things about our times, then and today. he said the star ship enterprise was the metaphor for the star ship earth and the strength of it lay in its diversity, coming together and working in concert as a team. we were all contributing our unique vantage point or our history or our talent, to the workings of that team, to meet that common chelg that we have. and -- challenge that we have. and so it was very intentional to cast the way he did. the captain was a north american, played by a canadian. the european representation was by scotty, scotland, played by an yiesh canadian. irish canadian, another canadian and i represented asia and mccoy represented the south of the u.s. >> how did you get the job? >> my agent called. rather a normal way in hollywood. i went to a meeting with a man named gene roddenberry, i didn't know him from adam. the thing my agent told me was, it was a pote