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December 31, 2002

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The Totally Kate website has posted a snippet of Kate Mulgrew's interview in the 100th issue of the UK Star Trek Monthly magazine, on newsstands now.. She talks about the ending of Voyager, her husband's political loss, and Janeway's cameo in Nemesis.

"I miss Kathryn and I miss the rewards of the work," Mulgrew says. "I'm not a politician. Campaigning is not natural to me. I am an actress. And to be able to do it every day for seven years was a great gift. I miss playing such a wonderful character every day. As deep as we went with Janeway, the truth is that I wanted to go deeper. What made this woman tick? How much did she give, personally, while out in space? I felt like I could have done the show for another seven years and still not known everything about her. "You have to understand that Star Trek does not lend itself to a deeply, personally complex character or characterization. You know that it does not do that. It's a highly stylized genre and it is science-based. The dilemma is a moral dilemma and we're talking about events occurring in the 24th Century in the Delta Quadrant. So, of course, I cannot explore the nuances and the complexities of Janeway as I would an Ibsen heroine, for example. That is my natural desire as an actress, to explore, explore, explore. So many times I had to learn to discipline my desire and find ways around it."

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"It was interesting: the uniform I put on was Admiral Janeway's uniform, not Captain Janeway's. There is a difference. It's not just a uniform to me. You've got to understand, these kinds of specifics are very important to the actor. Certainly, I am no longer the captain on the intrepid vessel that had been lost in space for so long. I am now the admiral - well and truly grounded and in a position of high command. So as the actress, even just for that hour or two I was there, I tried to take it to another level."

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