William Shatner Quotes
The idea of being a professional actor never occurred to anybody, including myself, for a long time.
Quotes to Explore
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We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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Whenever I dream about flying, it's the best feeling in the world.
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I'm still learning my craft.
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A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal.
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As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set of relationships and histories that we filmmakers depend on to make our most personal work.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction.
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Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
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Television shows and movies that are all white, I can't watch them. They totally alienate me.
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Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.
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I'm one of those crazy people, if I'm watching the trailer for a movie and I'm really excited by it, I'll turn it off because I don't want to know anything. I want to be surprised because I love that more than knowing anything.
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After working so hard on the court, I find that snacks help me avoid late-afternoon energy lows.
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I am a scientist. Mine is a professional world that achieves great things for humanity.
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I am all in favor of growing the American economy and engaging in trade with the world, but not at the expense of American workers. The North American Free Trade Agreement is a perfect example of this. Ask the textile workers of North Carolina how NAFTA worked out for them - if you can find any.
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Our pluralist society must provide its citizens with the tools to understand religions, their symbols and their practices.
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Al Qaeda has overplayed their hand. What the al Qaeda do when they go into a town or village or a neighborhood inside a major city is they get a stranglehold on the people themselves. They force the men to wear beards and the women to be properly costumed and essentially completely covered up.
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I love the life of an actor because you spend brief amounts of time with other people and then you just leave. I need to be alone a lot, and I need the outdoors.
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I started freelancing for the Associated Press. I had a great mentor there who sort of taught me everything.
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I don't mean to diminish the job, it's a good job and a real pressure job. But I don't think a relief pitcher should ever be the most valuable player of a league. We only play in maybe half of the games. Being a relief pitcher means part-time employment. We're bench players, and bench players shouldn't be M.V.P.
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I cannot say something different to one person and then another.
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The idea of being a professional actor never occurred to anybody, including myself, for a long time.
