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
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I don't know how I got to this point but it must be as a result of everything that has come before so if I were to change something, I might not be at this point now.
front immediate
The problem is I don't know anything or anyone. I am so focused on the immediate picture in front of me.
The actor is in the hands of a lot of other people, over which he has no control.
No matter how prosaic something is that you've done and been a part of again and again, there is so much more there that you haven't seen.
exists longer mystery technical technology
When you've done the technical part, you're then into the joy, the zen, into being. Technology no longer exists for you. You're then into the mystery of the thing you're doing.
bag cast instead people playing since work
Instead of playing something heavily, I play it lightly. Since people like to cast cyclically, once you've done one thing, people want to put you in that bag again. And since I want to work, I let it happen.
aware books fast maybe movies running shows work
I was always working. Maybe you weren't aware of the movies I was making, or the television I was doing, or the shows I was creating, or the books I was writing; there have been thirty. But I have always been solidly at work, running as fast as I can.
The only subject I know anything about is myself and I don't know that too clearly.
burn demise fear glorious illness
My fear is dying badly, through illness or injury. But what a glorious demise it would be to burn up in space.
opportunity
If I'm given an opportunity to do something, I do it. Or else I fool around with it.
people
I like making people laugh. It comes off and shines in everything I do.
life
At 40, I went to bed for three days. I thought my life is over.
If someone criticizes my acting, they may be right.
central concept fiction future might music parts rock science theme
I think that prog rock is the science fiction of music. Science fiction speculates on what the future might be and look like and how we'll get there, and yet there's always a central theme of humanity, or there should be. Progressive rock has the same concept of exploration into the parts of the music world that hasn't been explored.