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" I don't know how I got to this point but it must be as a result of everything that has come before so if I were to change something, I might not be at this point now. "

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" When you've done the technical part, you're then into the joy, the zen, into being. Technology no longer exists for you. You're then into the mystery of the thing you're doing. "

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" All in all, Kirk's character is something I am very proud of. "

" I believe that when things happen, they happen with a purpose. "

" Writing an acceptance speech gives you the expectation of winning, and you are therefore devastated or hurt if you didn't win. "

" My mother was an exuberant, silly lady. "

" No matter how prosaic something is that you've done and been a part of again and again, there is so much more there that you haven't seen. "

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" I watch movies and sports. I can count on the fingers of my hand the number of times I have watched an hour show. I never watch a half-hour show, and I never watch myself. "

" Success is different for everyone; everybody defines it in their own way, and that's part of what we do in 'Close Up', finding what it was each person wanted to achieve and what their willingness to sacrifice for that was. "

" 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. "

" The conundrum of free will and destiny has always kept me dangling. "

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" I've been in that angst of loneliness, where you're really alone in the universe, except for the dog. "

" I can't stand the gossip of celebrities' lives, all the time! Every minute! "

" My wife and my three kids and my grandchildren are my life, but my horses and my dogs are everything else. "

" There's too many people in the world. "

" I think that prog rock is the science fiction of music. Science fiction speculates on what the future might be and look like and how we'll get there, and yet there's always a central theme of humanity, or there should be. Progressive rock has the same concept of exploration into the parts of the music world that hasn't been explored. "

" I enjoyed reading all the classic authors like Isaac Asimov and Bradbury. "

" You need to be silly to be funny. "

" At 40, I went to bed for three days. I thought my life is over. "

" Acting is easier - writing is more creative. The lazy man vies with the industrious. "

" 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. "

" The basic quality that any great story must have is a story that illustrates the human condition. "

" Voice acting is very interesting, I've done several animated projects, and you have to make the voice reflect the character and try and do as much with a word as you can with a look in a live-action film. "

" I love to evoke the bones and meat and thoughts of characters. "

" I like making people laugh. It comes off and shines in everything I do. "

" I often conduct interviews in my truck. "

" I also derive a great deal of pleasure from horses and dogs... the ocean... and love. "

" My name is William Shatner, and I am Canadian! "

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" 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. "

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" I've got rock 'n' roll in my blood. "

" Getting that audience approval is always a question mark, and it's always that flag that flutters in front of you. "