[His death is] absolutely senseless; [Anton was] a beautiful guy. I don’t even know how to talk about it. [I and the cast] already knew this was going to be a really bittersweet experience because of the loss of Leonard [Nimoy] last year, but this has just been absolutely devastating for all of us, you know.

I think our goal has to be just to celebrate his incredible life and honor him as much as we can. It was a terrible loss, not only to us, but to the industry and audiences. He was such a talent.

I think we take [the nine years the ‘Star Trek’ cast has spent together] for granted in a lot of ways, because we genuinely love each other so much…. we are truly intertwined, inextricably, and I think we always will be, in such a great way.

We laugh like nobody’s business, but we’re very lucky to have each other. There’s no question about it, and I think we are genuinely connected on a really true an authentic level as a cast and as friends, even when we’re not filming the movies.