I also absolutely love how Stewart described Roddenberry standing up for him when a reported asked:

That came up at the very first press conference. A reporter asked Gene Roddenberry, ‘This doesn’t make any sense. You have a bald actor playing this part. Surely by the 24th century, they will have found a cure for male pattern baldness.’ And Gene Roddenberry said, ‘No, by the 24th century, no one will care.

That line goes hard.

That makes you and I, kin.

You cant ignore, though, that society has associated beauty with morality. It’s not accurate but it’s a human condition.

It’s also why you get these conventially beautiful people as trumps mouth pieces. Not that people can’t see through the lies and deceit but the more physically attractive they are the more buffer they have with the general populace.

See the fact that you have that strength of character is why you don’t have to pull the stupid shit they all do.

I’ve been ugly, I’ve been hot. I’ve been unprincipled, I’ve been principled. I’ve been charmless, and I’ve been charming. Listen, I’m gonna keep aiming to be principled, charming, and hot in that order.

Being ugly sucks but you can easily get past it. Being off putting sucks, but people who know you know you. Being unprincipled seems great until your reputation is terrible and you have to live with yourself

He was short, bald, and a principaled dork.

Flashback of him getting stabed in the heart during a bar fight while in the academy