JC: Complete loyalty and deference! A few moments of realizing that maybe the Founders weren’t as omnipotent as they thought. But to Weyoun’s credit, he was loyal to the end. Even when she was falling apart [laughs]
 

JC: Oh…some! Certainly! Weyoun is sort of like the court diplomat! The guy who knows the king… and is very loyal to the king…and is ruthless…for the king. But is very good with his social skills…. Which is not me at all [laughs]! I’m not very good with my social skills. I’m really quite clumsy at it, but I suppose Weyoun is that person that I would in some ways like to be…in his ability to say the perfect thing, at the perfect time, in the perfect way! The analytical, clever, brilliant tactician………that I am not! [laughs]

N: Who is your king?

JC: My king? Elvis!

N: We will talking about “Faust” later [Combs' character is that movie in a fan of Elvis]

JC: Who is my king?….I don’t know.

N: Looking back at Deep Space Nine, what was best up on the show? Why was it so unique?

JC: Uhm…I think the bravery of Ira,…the absolute universe of characters that he created. The tapestry of stories that came and went and wove around each other and thought about them…and all of a sudden they showed up again. The complexity of it. It wasn’t an easy show. It wasn’t real flat…comic book…it was much more complex. And the comradery, everybody worked hard and had a good time on that show! It was a great joy!

N: So why would you say it never had that big success in terms of ratings?

JC: ‘Cause it’s the middle child! It’s the middle child. First there was The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine came along while The Next Generation was still on. And then all of a sudden it was meant to just go on by itself…but it was decided to make a new network in the US called UPN. And they wanted a Star Trek series for their network. So all of a sudden there was this Voyager thing. So all the attention went to Voyager and Deep Space Nine was left in the middle. But in a good way…it allowed Ira to do what he wanted. Because everybody’s attention was somewhere else. He got to do what he wanted.

N: Don’t you think it’s partly because of the dark atmosphere, bad guys and war?

JC: Yeah, it’s not easy! Exactly! But I liked it for that, I liked its atmosphere. It wasn’t easy and so you had to concentrate. Gee, what a concept!  You had to think about it.

N: Is there any hope for Star Trek fans to see the Dominion or the Vorta back on the upcoming Star Trek X?

JC: Well! You’re asking the wrong person. Maybe you should ask Rick Berman that question. Unlike Weyoun, I am absolutely and completely out of control. I have no say so whatsoever. ‘D be nice! But I don’t know what their plans are. I really don’t! Voyager is supposed to be coming back. I’ve heard rumors that when Voyager gets closer to earth, they’re gonna start running into elements of Deep Space Nine. I don’t know if that’s true or not! The problem is that they don’t know the Deep Space Nine history of war, facts and,…then they’re gonna start to throwing it in there. It’s gonna be strange if they do that. As for the movie…I haven’t heard anything about that. I don’t know what they’re gonna do.

N: You did two more movies in the meantime. The Attic Expeditions...

JC: Attic Expeditions! With Ted Raimi, who is here [at the Nexus Convention]. I don’t know when that’ll be out. They’re finishing it up now.

N: I think at Halloween

JC: Yeah, Halloween! It’s got Seth Green in it, Alice Cooper, so….

N: He wanted to be in the show because of you!

JC: [grins] I heard that! But I don’t know whether it’s true or not ...[Combs told that story at his PA in Page’s Bar/London one week earlier] 

N: Making your other movie, "Faust", wasn’t it a bit like travelling back in time to be in a Brian Yuzna movie again?

JC: Yeah, it was. It was kinda weird…very strange!

N: How was that?

JC: Good and frustrating. All movies are!

N: Why? 

JC: These people had never made a movie before. The production company. So there was a lot of learning on a day-to-day basis…a lot of disorganization. It kinda wore you down after a while. I wasn’t the only one. We were all like that, you know [laughs]. Who knows, maybe it’ll turn out….I understand it looks great! But looking great and…

N: Have you seen any scenes already?

JC: I haven’t seen anything. Not a thing!

N: The premiere is in October.

JC: But…I spoke to the lead actor, when I was in London and in fact that night that we were at the Bar [Page’s]…after late that night around 11.30h, he showed up having returned from Barcelona, where he was doing some loopings and lipsynching for the movie…he said it looked great but he thought that it wouldn’t be ready by October. So maybe next year now!

N: OK, one last question. The evening in Page’s Bar last week was one of your first contacts with your fans... 

JC: Close contact there …in a bar!! I was scared to death! [chuckles] Amazing. It was amazing! And they said: “Use a lot of dirty words. Use the F-word a lot”! “Really”? “Yeah, it’ll get ‘em on your side”! “Oh, OK!”. So I guess I went rebel…I turned into a rebel! But I think it went well. I think they had a good time!

N: Have you seen the movie “Galaxy Quest”?

JC: Yes!

N: Does it match the feeling how actors feel while being on a convention?

JC: Yes, it does! A little…somewhat. Although the only thing about Galaxy Quest was that no actor wears the make up to these things, you know, and Alan Rickman’s character is always in make up. I suppose that for the sake of the joke, it was necessary. But, you know…the poor guy!

N: How do you like Berlin?

JC: I think Berlin is fascinating! The first day I had to walk around, I went to the old eastern side and you know, I didn’t think it was too bleak. I thought it was OK. It seemed fine to me and then the next day…what a difference!…I was really amazed of the contrast. It didn’t hit me the first day, but it did the second day…just…what it must have been like for the East Germans to come over here, when the wall went down and say: “Wow! What have we been missing!”. Much more difficult, much more complex than that, I’m sure, but they’re better off, that’s all I have to say!

N: So, that’s all from my part. Do you have any final comments or anything you want to say? Maybe to the people from your official fanclub?

JC: I’m really honored to have a fanclub!

E: Did you ever expect to have a following like this, or at least a fanclub…when you started acting?

JC: No, I never did! I never thought I would have…a global fanclub. And…you know…members in England and Germany and…

E: Holland!

JC: Holland? Holland! And Japan! So it’s really phenomenal and I just want to continue to do things that’ll keep everybody excited and.…the more the merrier, that’s what I say! Thank you all!

N: Thank you very much!