Walter Koenig has said that he couldn't resist kissing your bald head. Is that true?
(Laughing) Oh yes. He used to come up and stroke my head and go, "Purrr-sis.
Purrr-sis."

It sounds like you had a lot of fun with it. Certainly. I would go out to restaurants and wear these hats. My date would say, "OK, I dare you to take your hat off." Then, just as we were paying the bill and leaving, I would remove my hat. Everybody in the restaurant would have their mouth falling open. I mean they were going wow!" I also had this artist friend who'd paint butterflies and things like that on my head.

As if the shaved head wasn't stunning enough, that costume you wore in the film basically left you half naked through most of it. (Laughs) That outfit I worn in Star Trek, the white one, it was my idea. I was supposed to wear one of those same gray uniforms. I said, "Look, give me something white. Give me a pantsuit with something that has a little collar to it." So they did. I then walked into Gene Roddenberry's office and pulled the pants off.  I said to Majel and Gene, "Listen guys, I've got the best legs, so why don't you use them!"  (Laughs) You see, being bald and wearing that gray starship uniform, I would have looked like a boy. I wanted to look like a sexy female.

It sounds like your time on the film was fun. What was your relationship with Bill Shatner like on the set? Everybody was saying, "Listen, you are going to have a rotten time with this guy, so be careful." But if you say, "Oh, God, he's going to be terrible," you only put a vibe on it and create that negative energy. Maybe I'm being philosophical and spiritual, but I believe that if you put negative energy out there that that is what will come back. I realize now as I look back on it that perhaps it was his own insecurity.

Creative people are very insecure people because they don't know whether people like them or are in awe of them. That insecurity always comes out. It makes them a better actor, I feel.