:08:01
because usually, before
all this brewed up,
:08:03
I would always come
to these conventions
:08:05
and our appearances
as a Vulcan.
:08:08
There was a bus driver
that I'd already met.
:08:11
He kept asking me,
"What are you going to do?
Why do you keep wearing the uniform?
:08:15
What are you going to do if
the president comes down to testify?"
:08:18
And I said,
"I'll wear my uniform."
:08:20
He said, "But it's the president
of the United States!"
:08:23
"I'll wear my uniform."
:08:25
We came to a stoplight.
He turned around and he looked at me,
:08:28
and he said,
"You are a brave woman."
:08:33
Every day, I wear
my communicator badge,
:08:36
my rank pips,
and my tricorder.
:08:38
[Badge Beeps]
:08:39
To me, as being an officer in
the Federation Alliance 24 hours a day,
:08:43
even when I'm not in uniform,
I still want that known
:08:46
that I'm at heart
a Starfleet officer.
:08:48
I used to read about her
in the newspaper, and I saw her,
and I got her autograph.
:08:51
Basically, the philosophy
behind Star Trek
:08:54
that she is so,
um, promoting...
:08:59
is the philosophy
behind an honest juror.
:09:02
That's what you need on a jury
is an open-minded person.
:09:05
Based on the ideals of Star Trek, yeah,
I think she'd be an asset.
:09:07
This is what she wants to do.
This is America.
:09:09
I mean, we should be able to do
what we want to do.
:09:11
You know, look how we want to
look, say what we want to say.
:09:14
I think she's a pretty neat lady
:09:16
to have the guts to, um,
kind of be herself,
:09:18
even on an important thing
like being a juror.
:09:22
You can put on a uniform for football
year-round, nobody cares.
:09:26
Basketball year-round,
nobody cares.
:09:28
Put on a Star Trek uniform,
people get a case of the giggles.
:09:31
I don't want my officers to ever
feel ashamed to wear their uniform.
:09:35
And...so,
:09:38
I went to a civic duty.
:09:40
What we do is community service.
I was performing my civic duty.
:09:44
I wore my uniform,
just as any other officer
in the military would wear theirs.
:09:50
I came to meet the stars.
:09:51
I like to see
a different side of the stars,
:09:53
the personal side.
:09:54
DeForest Kelley:
While I was in Florida,
:09:56
RuthAnn presented me
with this belt buckle
:09:59
on my 138th birthday.