William Shatner Quotes
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I love cameras but I find myself reluctantly taking pictures because what's past is past.
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Within weeks of our premiere, it became obvious that Leonard [Nimoy] and the character of Spock were becoming something of a national phenomenon. ... And to be unflatteringly frank, it bugged me. ... [Then, Gene Roddenberry] said to me the wisest thing he could possibly have uttered. He said, `Don't ever fear having good and popular people around you, because they can only enhance your own performance. The more you can play to these people, the better the show.'
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I think the acting satisfies the need and desire for approval.
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My dad died of a stroke.
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Memories were the markers of the journey through life. It was necessary to know where you had come from. Only then could you know where you were going.
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The political scene is already so turgid, it doesn't need more of that from me.
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Writing an acceptance speech gives you the expectation of winning, and you are therefore devastated or hurt if you didn't win.
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The more powerful the villain is the more powerful the hero.
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Pain and guilt can't be taken away with the wave of a magic wand. They're the things we carry with us, the things that make us who we are. If we lose them, we lose ourselves. I don't want my pain taken away! I need my pain!
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A stage actor has to be 10% aware of the audience as he's performing.
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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.
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What does God need with a starship?
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The basic quality that any great story must have is a story that illustrates the human condition.
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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.
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I also derive a great deal of pleasure from horses and dogs... the ocean... and love.
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When I direct and have to look at filmed scenes of myself, I suck.
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I've got rock 'n' roll in my blood.
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I want to discover a truth for myself that is really true. Whether it's a piece of scientific knowledge, or a philosophical truth.
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I had been in a Shakespeare company for three years and done a lot of Shakespeare. That was fun. That was interesting. It was a lot of work - anything other than Shakespeare was less work. I had a lot of interesting roles, but I don't point to them and say, "That was more interesting than that," because I don't know what the criteria are.
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I'm not going to have a tombstone. I'm going to be tossed in the air. Ashes, tossed like a salad.