Philip Reflects On His "Star Trek"
Experience:
"Deep Space Nine was a strange and exciting
journey (which sounds like the original
Enterprise mission!). And that journey was
taken with a large group of people, of such
various origins and outlooks, with a common
goal: the achievement of the best.
What was
constantly absent was cynicism. Everyone
loved the work, loved the series, loved its
success. I have never been among such an
assemblage of perfectionists. And
idealists.
Imagination, in all its voracious wanderings,
was the fountainhead. It was the treasured
resource, yet in abundant supply. There was
a chain reaction
of imagination, one person's sparking
another's and
another's. A bright brilliant Milky Way of
imagination held together by ceaseless
industry.
Now to the hard part: to write about my
pleasure in the work. Hard because it took
so many forms --
with the character, the writing, the actors,
the crew, the worlds, both galactic and
interior. Too brief, over too soon, work that
felt a part of my life, that I wanted to
continue for my life.
What I do have today is the afterglow fueled
by the continuing
kindness and graciousness of the viewers who
write me.
You all keep the joy alive. You are a
central part of the uncynical,
perfectionist, idealist, imaginative universe
that I encountered at Paramount on Sound
Stage 17 and 18.
I cannot thank you enough."
~Philip
Anglim~
