William Shatner Quotes
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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 did some professional radio acting as a teenager, and I essentially put myself through college with radio acting in Montreal. When I graduated, I got jobs in professional theatres, repertory, and stock theatres in Canada for a couple of years. And then I went to Stratford, Ontario, where I spent three years with a Shakespeare company. We took a classical play from Stratford to New York City, and I got some good notices there and essentially stayed and did live television. And that brings you to the beginning of filming.
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The truth can't be hidden for long.
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The more powerful the villain is the more powerful the hero.
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What is down will go up. At the same time, you have to be prepared for what is up to go down.
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But 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.
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I love cameras but I find myself reluctantly taking pictures because what's past is past.
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There's too many people in the world.
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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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Energy is the key to creativity. Energy is the key to life.
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Nobody could have imagined the phenomenon that 'Star Trek' became. It's still almost impossible to imagine.
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I've got rock 'n' roll in my blood.
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The political scene is already so turgid, it doesn't need more of that from me.
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You can't do anything about the past. And you don't know what the future is.
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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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I think you die the way you live.
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Oh, for God's sake... get a life, will you?
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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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I'm not going to have a tombstone. I'm going to be tossed in the air. Ashes, tossed like a salad.
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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.
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Fate gives you the finger and you accept.
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I also derive a great deal of pleasure from horses and dogs... the ocean... and love.
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I often conduct interviews in my truck.