A director is a choreographer, both politically and creatively.
A series is filled with compromises.
Acting is easier - writing is more creative. The lazy man vies with the industrious.
All in all, Kirk's character is something I am very proud of.
And I enjoyed the celebrity and the creativity that was involved in Star Trek.
Babies have big heads and big eyes, and tiny little bodies with tiny little arms and legs. So did the aliens at Roswell! I rest my case.
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.
Captain Kirk has been a source of pleasure and income for a long time.
For commercial reasons, we stayed away from advancing the theory of God.
Here's something pompous - you take your day and artistically create it, so every moment has an artistic flavor.
Heroes are generally the leading men, and generally a story is written around the leading man or the leading woman.
How do I stay so healthy and boyishly handsome? It's simple. I drink the blood of young runaways.
I also derive a great deal of pleasure from horses and dogs... the ocean... and love.
I can entertain you for hours - I hope - and make you laugh and cry.
I don't need rejuvenation. One vitamin E pill, and I'm okay.
I don't watch much television, but those movies of the week, and things like that, are more sophisticated than anything that was on in the sixties, with some rare exceptions like STAR TREK.
I enjoyed reading all the classic authors like Isaac Asimov and Bradbury.
I hate flying, flat out hate its guts.
I hope I will be directing more in the future.
I love Montreal. I love the color of the French culture.
I love the idea of making people laugh.
I think making a good film shot is joyful.
I think of doing a series as very hard work. But then I've talked to coal miners, and that's really hard work.
I think the acting satisfies the need and desire for approval.
I think the supernatural is a catch-all for everything we don't understand about the vast other parts of life that we cannot perceive.
I used to be quite an avid science fiction reader. I haven't done much of it of late, and the reading I've done has been other things.
I was built for the long run, not for the short dash, I guess.
I'm a performer, comedian, entertainer, writer and director.
I'm looking for the perfect paintball movie.
I'm thrilled to have won the Emmy... Once again, I didn't think I was going to win.
I've done a lot of directing, theater and some 12 hours of film.
I've got rock 'n' roll in my blood.
If saving money is wrong, I don't want to be right!
If you make a fool of yourself, you can do it with dignity, without taking your pants down. And if you do take your pants down, you can still do it with dignity.
If you read my books, especially the Star Trek books and the Quest for Tomorrow books, you'll see in them the core theme of the basic humanistic questions that Star Trek asked.
In fact, now it's being called the Wells Fargo Hollywood Charity Horse Show - they're sponsoring us - and I mention that because what I've always tried to do, for the longest time, is to use my name to raise funds for various charities.
In my proudest moments, I think I had a real hand in the creative force of making "Star Trek." But most of the time, I don't think about it.
It is an entertaining series of books - I have a font of stories that I think should engross you - hopefully not gross you. And I like to write.
Let's react like America always has - with courage, fortitude and, especially, generosity.
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.
Nobody could have imagined the phenomenon that 'Star Trek' became. It's still almost impossible to imagine.
Oh, for God's sake... get a life, will you?
Oh, yeah, well that's what I keep trying to do, and I have to be reminded that it's a trade-off, the recognition factor and the virtues of being recognized.
One of the advantages of being a captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it.
Remember - you can't beam through a force field. So, don't try it.
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.
So the supernatural becomes that mystical unknown - we refer to it as the unconscious, heaven, maybe even God.
Spencer Tracy was a man who did very much what I do on a set, and that is, he comes down and he does his job, and then he goes back to his dressing room.
The basic quality that any great story must have is a story that illustrates the human condition.
The fans are a large conglomerate of people. They're a heterogeneous group of people.
The good life is one that's artistically made.
The Transformed Man - good, bad or indifferent - didn't work because the cuts were too long.
There's a line that we all have to walk that is reality.
There's an ecstasy about doing something really good on film: the composition of a shot, the drama within the shot, the texture... It's palpable.
TV shows usually take a break during the summer. I, on the other hand, do not.
Well, everybody on Star Trek was Jewish.
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.
With each one of these books, I've worked with somebody else and made no secret of it.
Writing is truly a creative art - putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot.
Yes, probably, and the conventions that I went to in those early years were filled with passionate fans who would assume the persona of their various heroes.
Your question implies that one has control of a career, and you don't. You don't have control of anything.
He won a Tyrone Guthrie Award. The Awards are given annually at Canada's Stratford Festival.
William was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2006 for his role in
William's nickname is Bill.
William and his wife Elizabeth visited Israel on Memorial Day 2006 (May 29) to promote "therapeutic horseback riding." He hopes to raise $10 million along with the nonprofit Jewish National Fund to promote horseback riding for disabled children. He emphasized that every Israeli citizen, along with Palestinians, Jordanians and Egyptians, will be invited to participate. William hopes to contribute to the establishment of peace in the Middle East through the programs.
William and fellow "trekker" Michael Dorn co-starred in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and Star Trek: Generations together.
William competes on the World Poker Tour, shown on the Travel Channel.
William's daughter Lisabeth says that William has always been the prankster of the family.
In January 2006, William sold his kidney stone for $25,000 USD to benefit the housing charity Habitat For Humanity.
One of William's new projects is the William Shatner DVD Club. Subscribers pay $48 a year and receive a new DVD every month, which is theirs to keep. The DVDs focus on the genres of science-fiction, horror and fantasy. The film titles include underground hits, genre classics and independent films.
As a teenager, William worked as a camp counselor at Camp B'nai Brith in the Laurentian Mountains in Quebec, Canada.
In 2004, William released the new album "Has Been," a collaboration with Ben Folds. The album has been described as strange and bizarre. Such comments are similar to those made about "The Transformed Man," his earlier foray into the world of spoken-word singing/poetry. The songs this time are largely autobiographical.
William enjoys playing tennis.
William lives with his current wife, Elizabeth, in Southern California.
William's daughter, Lisabeth Shatner, wrote the script for the "T.J. Hooker" episode "Partners in Death" (1986).
William married his third wife, Nerine Kidd, in 1997. She died in August 1999.
William's first wife was Gloria Rand. They married in 1956. They divorced in 1969. They had 3 children together.
William Shatner starred in the 1965 horror movie Incubus, one of the few movies ever to have all the dialogue spoken in the artificial language of Esperanto.
In August 1999, William discovered his third wife, Nerine, dead at the bottom of their pool. The death was ruled an accident while the autopsy revealed that she had been drinking heavily shortly before her death.
William revealed that he considered suicide at one time because of his tinnitus (a constant ringing in the ears).
William's 1968 album "The Transformed Man" helped to win him his lucrative deal as the Priceline.com spokesman. An employee of the ad agency hired by Priceline had fond memories of the album, which he listened to in his childhood.
William's infamous album 'The Transformed Man' was released in 1968. The album was a strange mix of spoken word-"singing," poetry, storytelling and "performance art" set to music. His performances of "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" have been ridiculed over the years, but he has come to terms with his recording legacy by embracing the comedic aspects of his persona.
William won the 2005 Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role on
William is a vegetarian.
William's favorite
William speaks French fluently.
William was spoofed on several episodes of Family Guy (1999).
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