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Interviews | J G Hertzler
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Can you still speak any Klingon?

Picture The very last line I said on [Deep Space Nine] was a line that was not written for me. At the very end Martoc gets together with Admiral Ross and Sisko to drink blood wine together as they had promised they would do when they defeated the Cardassians and the Dominion.

But there was so much blood on their hands metaphorically that Sisko realised he couldn't drink it. He just poured his wine out onto the floor and left, and Ross followed suit and I was left there holding the bottle of blood wine. Al that was written for me to do was to sort of shrug my shoulders and drink.

I said, "Man, if there's ever a time when Martok would say something in Klingon, at least to himself, it would be then." So I said, "If that's the intent then let me just say [barks out some Klingon]," which means, "Humans, go figure!." That's what I did, but I also sing in Klingon - the warriors' anthem. We sing it every chance we get.


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