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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The idea of being a professional actor never occurred to anybody, including myself, for a long time.
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I did a movie in Esperanto.
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Gradually the live TV scene simmered out, replaced by film, and that took place in L.A. So many actors left New York.
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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.
stage-actors performing audience
A stage actor has to be 10% aware of the audience as he's performing.
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We went from playing in the very capable minor leagues directly into the major leagues.
chose radio
When it got radio play, they didn't want a six-minute cut, they wanted a three-minute cut, so they chose the song,
bits people spent
I spent years doing 'Star Trek' bits and things, and a lot of people loved it, a lot of people mocked it.
love music
I see myself as an actor with a love of music.
breeding time won
I've been breeding Dobies for years. Almost won the breed in Westminster at one time.
behind cameras front love
Everything in front of and behind the cameras was faked, ... The only thing that was real is the love we have for Riverside.
canadian-actor draw epic films longer scene thousands
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.
Every day I realized I would not be a star.
casually finger gave looking remarkable skunk
At that point, looking remarkable healthy, the skunk gave me the finger (I swear!) and casually strolled back into the woods.