Barack: On Spock

Newsweek's Jon Meacham: What was the last movie you saw?

President Obama: "So Star Trek, we saw this weekend, which I thought was good. Everybody was saying I was Spock, so I figured I should check it out and—[the president makes the Vulcan salute with his hand]. Very good. Yes, absolutely."

Did you watch that when you were growing up?

"I used to love Star Trek. You know, Star Trek was ahead of its time. There was a whole—the special effects weren't real good, but the storylines were always evocative, you know, there was a little commentary and a little pop philosophy for a 10-year-old to absorb."

A lot of U.N. stuff.

"Yes, exactly, right." Newsweek, May 16, 2009