I think of doing a series as very hard work. But then I've talked to coal miners, and that's really hard work.
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William Shatner
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About William Shatner
William Shatner is a Canadian actor. From 1966 to 1994, he starred as Captain James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise, from his debut as the captain of the starship Enterprise in the second pilot of the first Star Trek television series to his final appearance as Captain Kirk in the seventh Star Trek feature film, Star Trek Generations.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by William ShatnerBut 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.
I love technology.
Success should always be just beyond your grasp.
The mysteriousness and mystique of space is such, that science fiction attempts to tantalize you by telling you a story that could possibly be out there and that's the appeal of science fiction.
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.
Nature is perfect.
The possibilities that are suggested in quantum physics tell us that everything that we're looking at may not be in fact there, so the underlying nature of being is weird.
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Well-written words are music.
If saving money is wrong, I don't want to be right!
I love the concept of togetherness and the entwinement of marriage.
Marriage is a reflection of your life in general: how you treat people, how you argue, how secure you are in your own thoughts. How vehemently do you argue your point of view? With what disdain do yo…
We live in grief for having left the womb, for having left the teat, then school, then home. In my case, it was leaving marriages, and the death of my wife.
How do I stay so healthy and boyishly handsome? It's simple. I drink the blood of young runaways.
You need to be silly to be funny.
My kids say if there's any family dinner that doesn't result in somebody crying, it's not a good dinner. They cry because it helps relieve them of a guilt or some onerous emotional burden. It's like …
There's a joy and a pain about directing where the dreams you have are becoming concrete but the attention to detail, the need for time is such that it's overwhelming at times, and the stream of resp…
We live in grief for having left the womb, for having left the teat, then school, then home. In my case, it was leaving marriages, and the death of my wife.
Death is an absolute marvel.
Divorce is probably as painful as death.
My dad died of a stroke.
My dad was good with actions.
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.
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.
No, I don't regret anything at this point. That may change on the next phone call, but at the moment I don't regret anything.