Screen Test Quotes by DeForest Kelley

Star Trek is perhaps the best thing that ever happened to me, in a career sense.

— DeForest Kelley

I m up at 5 in the morning and in bed by 10 in the evening.

— DeForest Kelley

My ambition is peace and perfection.

— DeForest Kelley

I have no aspiration whatsoever to be the next great leading man.

— DeForest Kelley

The most important influence in my childhood was my father.

— DeForest Kelley

I ran around with the other youngsters, hunting, fishing and raising tadpoles and all the rest.

— DeForest Kelley

I liked Westerns for two reasons: First, it took the actor outside. They were all very physical at that time and not limited to…

— DeForest Kelley

I think every actor injects some of his own personality into his parts. There's a great deal of myself in McCoy, a great deal…

— DeForest Kelley

I refuse to be crude and selfish in any way.

— DeForest Kelley

Star Trek has brought so much of what I want within my grasp.

— DeForest Kelley

I have deep feelings for the welfare and comfort of others.

— DeForest Kelley

When I look back and think how fortunate I've been to work with some wonderful people and had some marvelous experiences, then I can…

— DeForest Kelley

My father started me singing in church.

— DeForest Kelley

The expense of a screen test is one reason why it's difficult to crash Hollywood.

— DeForest Kelley

It was a perfectly average well- adjusted childhood, not a bit unlike that of millions of other individuals.

— DeForest Kelley