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
anybody named
I am not a Starfleet commander, or T.J. Hooker. I don't live on Starship NCC-1701, or own a phaser. And I don't know anybody named Bones, Sulu, or Spock.
work
I'm just quizzical about how things work and why things are.
tombstone air religion
I'm not going to have a tombstone. I'm going to be tossed in the air. Ashes, tossed like a salad.
discovery people want
But if you want to know the truth, the weirdest thing that has happened has been my discovery that people who attend the conventions are filled with love.
epic aliens computer
Sci-fi films are the epic films of the day because we can no longer put 10,000 extras in the scene - but we can draw thousands of aliens with computers.
summer kids shells
It was the early 1970s and I was recently divorced. I had three kids and was totally broke. I managed to find work back east on the straw-hat circuit - summer stock - but couldn't afford hotels, so I lived out of the back of my truck, under a hard shell.
hurt essence balls
The essence of paint ball is the fact that when you get hit by a ball full of paint, it hurts just enough to say, 'Ow, I gotta get out of the way,' but not enough to say, 'I quit.'
type yeah my-own
Yeah, I do stand-up, my own type of stand-up.
hurt writing acceptance
Writing an acceptance speech gives you the expectation of winning, and you are therefore devastated or hurt if you didn't win.
looks intrigue audience
When there are tiers of meaning in an ad it intrigues the audience and they look for it again and again.
prepared
When I'm interviewing somebody I don't work from prepared questions.
character guests firsts
When I did the film Generations, in which the character died, I felt like a guest for the first time. That made me very sad.
thinking people amusing
Things people say strike me as amusing, and I am prone to saying out loud what everybody's thinking.
ideas done pieces
Every piece of entertainment is made with the idea that 'This is going to be terrific' and 'This is the best thing I've ever done' and then it hits the public and then the public tells you whether it's good or bad.