William Shatner
If I'm given an opportunity to do something, I do it. Or else I fool around with it.
Success should always be just beyond your grasp.
Gradually the live TV scene simmered out, replaced by film, and that took place in L.A. So many actors left New York.
I love living in Los Angeles.
You know, the process of making a documentary is one of discovery, and like writing a story, you follow a lead and that leads you to something else and then by the time you finish, the story is nothing like you expected.
I believe that when things happen, they happen with a purpose.
I have been accused of never saying no.
I believe in taking what happens as inevitable.
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 responsibility.
I didn't want to do the sitcom thing, but I didn't know what else to do.
My dad was good with actions.
This is my saddest story: In grade school, they would have us open our Valentine's cards and read them out loud. I always sent cards to myself because nobody else did.
Divorce is probably as painful as death.
There's too many people in the world.
The ability to breathe the air and drink the water will be what the wars will be about from here on in. And it's coming with alarming rapidity.
I'm just quizzical about how things work and why things are.
I can't type. Can't do it.
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.'
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 you view the other's point of view?
Tabloid stuff just offends.
I can't stand the gossip of celebrities' lives, all the time! Every minute!
Exercise? A Jew doesn't exercise.
All any artist can do is please themselves.
My understanding is, the fans are so ravenous in Canada, they gnaw on the stars.
The political scene is already so turgid, it doesn't need more of that from me.
I had been in a Shakespeare company for three years and done a lot of Shakespeare. That was fun. That was interesting.
I don't think of myself as being tied.
All I know is that I am constantly intrigued by something I'm doing.
I'm not out to convince anybody of anything.
I know very little about the viral, electronic world, but I use Twitter to communicate not only information that I think some of the fans want to hear about but also ideas.
Everybody has their 15 minutes, and those 15 minutes should be spent in a private limo and a private plane. It's the ultimate.
A stage actor has to be 10% aware of the audience as he's performing.
I've been approached to do some things with astronauts and the preparation that astronauts go through.
The actor is in the hands of a lot of other people, over which he has no control.
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.
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.
At 40, I went to bed for three days. I thought my life is over.
A tree you pass by every day is just a tree. If you are to closely examine what a tree has and the life a tree has, even the smallest thing can withstand a curiosity, and you can examine whole worlds.
These people who come to Comic-Con and dress up - all across the country, the rest of the population who doesn't understand are scoffing at them.
My mother was an exuberant, silly lady.
You need to be silly to be funny.
You and I and everybody in show business and the entertainment industry fly by the seat of our pants. We don't know quite what is going to happen.
I am private.
Yeah, I do stand-up, my own type of stand-up.
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.
The great mystery of our consciousness is beyond our grasp.
My name is William Shatner, and I am Canadian!
I love technology.
I've been breeding Dobies for years. Almost won the breed in Westminster at one time.