Igot a Star Trek woman jones Oh, they thrill me to my bones
They're on every TV I owns I got a Star Trek woman jones
Seven of Nine, you're my queen bee I wish you'd come assimilate me
We could be together, wire to wire Come on, Seven, and light my fire
Then there's that Vulcan She don't seem sweet
But once you get to know her She can't be beat
I'd love to sit in that sauna Have her rub my feet
I got a Star Trek woman jones I got a Star Trek--
We won't go on, but you get the gist.
Ambassador,
with all due respect, we have a right to know what's going on here.
You will be apprised of all pertinent information.
I came in to audition, actually, for the role of Ambassador Soval.
Most of the characters that I have done, I have auditioned for.
Generally because the directors didn't know who I was.
Lately, that's not the case.
Since Enterprise has begun, and actually a couple of roles...
...from Voyager. I guess about the last four roles I have not had to audition for,
but this is a great new series, they wanted to see everybody,
and I walked in to audition and Rick Berman says:
"Oh, Vaughn, Vaughn, Vaughn. Good to see you, Vaughn.
How many have you done for us now? Four, five?"
And at that time I had done eight,
I think, and it was already a record, and I mentioned that,
and they were kind of shocked.
Which I was flattered by, because I got the impression
that these men at the top, who actually knew me pretty well by now,
didn't actually know that I was all these guys.
They thought somebody else was doing them.
So I was kind of flattered by that.
We talked about that for a little while and about how much fun
I was having with all the press that that new record had garnished me,
and I walked out the door after reading for Ambassador Soval,
got home, and was given the role of Admiral Forrest.
We've been waiting for nearly a century, ambassador.
This seems as good a time as any to get started.
Listen to me. You're making a mistake.
I had a feeling their approach wouldn't sit too well with you.
Don't screw this up.
In "Sleeping Dogs," I played the Klingon captain
who they find a message from
once they invade his ship, as far as he's concerned.
They find a message from this captain who is,
Iike the rest of the men in his ship, very ill.
He's not yet passed out, but he's drinking some concoction
that they've looted from somewhere
and explaining the story about how we're
sinking into this horrible, miserable planet.
And what was interesting about that character
was that I had to learn a whole lot of Klingonese.
There are many people in the world who know exactly
what this Klingon is saying, so I really had to know it verbatim.
And to memorize paragraphs of gibberish
was the most difficult memorization process I had ever had to go through.
I had to pick these sounds and put obscure pictures to them
so that I could remember what the next sound was,
if you know what I mean. It made no sense.
And then I had to attach...
...those sounds to some real meaning so it could look like
I was saying something. So the process was pretty obscure
and I only had a couple of days to do it,
because apparently some other actor had...
...either just been hired for the role or shot the role, I'm not sure,
but for some reason was not able to complete it.
So they called me and said, "Vaughn, would you do this in--"
You know, "tomorrow?"
I said, "You bet. I'll be there."
They sent me the script, and l...
...ran around all day doing my little exercises, memorizing my lines.
Which is when I memorize most of them,
either running or punching the heavy bag or doing the Hacky Sack
or something to stay in shape.