William Shatner
William Shatner
William "Bill" Shatneris a Canadian actor, author, producer, and director...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth22 March 1931
CityMontreal, Canada
CountryCanada
awe-and-wonder people world
I am curious about many things, and find the world around me, and the people and objects and things in it, equally fascinating. There is a great deal of that awe and wonder in me.
new-york actors tvs
Gradually the live TV scene simmered out, replaced by film, and that took place in L.A. So many actors left New York.
absolutes
Death is an absolute marvel.
later-in-life found nobody-knows
Although I'm a business major out of McGill University, I know nothing... but then I found out much later in life, nobody knows anything.
cadence
Your cadence is your music.
thinking phones people
I see people putting text messages on the phone or computer and I think, 'Why don't you just call?'
preparation astronaut
I've been approached to do some things with astronauts and the preparation that astronauts go through.
feet might aim-high
You might as well aim high. Why shoot yourself in the foot when you can shoot yourself in the head?
actors rehearsal want
You cannot begin to imagine the shock I had when I came down on the floor for the first time. First of all, there's this whole thing about playing sitcom comedy. I didn't want to do the sitcom thing, but I didn't know what else to do. I went slowly. We went through the week of rehearsal, then we got on the floor with the cameras, which I'm used to because of my experience in the old days. Then came camera day, with an audience, and it was stunning, enthralling, exciting and chaotic. I had never experienced anything like that before, as an actor. I was part minstrel, part actor.
divorce painful
Divorce is probably as painful as death.
force-fields remember-you remembers-you
Remember - you can't beam through a force field. So, don't try it.
long income captain-kirk
Captain Kirk has been a source of pleasure and income for a long time.
jobs new-york couple
I did some professional radio acting as a teenager, and I essentially put myself through college with radio acting in Montreal. When I graduated, I got jobs in professional theatres, repertory, and stock theatres in Canada for a couple of years. And then I went to Stratford, Ontario, where I spent three years with a Shakespeare company. We took a classical play from Stratford to New York City, and I got some good notices there and essentially stayed and did live television. And that brings you to the beginning of filming.
looks scene direct
When I direct and have to look at filmed scenes of myself, I suck.