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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. "
William Shatner
Done
Three
Interesting
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" I enjoyed reading all the classic authors like Isaac Asimov and Bradbury. "
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" I am not a Starfleet commander, or T.J. Hooker. I don't live on Starship NCC-1701, or own a phaser. And I don't know anybody named Bones, Sulu, or Spock. "
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" Success should always be just beyond your grasp. "
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" I'm an optimist. "
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" I often conduct interviews in my truck. "
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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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Change
Phone
" I see myself as an actor with a love of music. "
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" Tabloid stuff just offends. "
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Stuff
" I believe that when things happen, they happen with a purpose. "
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Believe
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" How do I stay so healthy and boyishly handsome? It's simple. I drink the blood of young runaways. "
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Simple
" Over the years, I've become barraged by comments from people, such as, 'Beam me up, Scotty!' and I became defensive. I felt they were derisive and engendered an attitude. I am grateful for the success, but didn't want to be mocked. "
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I Am
Me
Attitude
" I love technology. "
William Shatner
Love
I Love
Technology
" Here's something pompous - you take your day and artistically create it, so every moment has an artistic flavor. "
William Shatner
Create
Day
You
" I'm gonna reveal something to you that's going to come as a shock: If you're a stupid young man, you're usually a stupid old man. Most people, including myself, keep repeating the same mistakes. "
William Shatner
People
Man
Mistakes
" Writing an acceptance speech gives you the expectation of winning, and you are therefore devastated or hurt if you didn't win. "
William Shatner
Acceptance
Winning
Writing
" Montreal is a very cosmopolitan, sophisticated, erudite, educated, glorious city today. But it wasn't quite that way when I was growing up there. There was a lot of anti-Semitism. And I had to deal with that in an area of the city that had very few Jews. "
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City
Today
Way
" 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. "
William Shatner
You Can Do It
Yourself
Down
" I'm just quizzical about how things work and why things are. "
William Shatner
How
Things
Work
" My dad was good with actions. "
William Shatner
Good
Actions
Dad
" 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. "
William Shatner
Curiosity
You
Tree
" I don't know how to deal with being 80. "
William Shatner
Being
Deal
How
" 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. "
William Shatner
Want
Know
Love
" I didn't realize that, in doing a documentary, there is this process of discovery. It's not like a film or a play with a set script. It sort of reveals itself. "
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Play
Realize
Doing
" All any artist can do is please themselves. "
William Shatner
Themselves
Artist
Please
" In entertainment, whether it's movies or television or whatever, I'm a great audience, but I don't remember the names of the people I've seen or the groups that I've heard. "
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Movies
Remember
People
" Every piece of entertainment is made with the idea that 'This is going to be terrific' and 'This is the best thing I've ever done' and then it hits the public and then the public tells you whether it's good or bad. "
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Going
Good
You
" You and I and everybody in show business and the entertainment industry fly by the seat of our pants. We don't know quite what is going to happen. "
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Business
Entertainment
Fly
" If someone criticizes my acting, they may be right. "
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Right
Someone
Acting
" I don't think in terms of God. "
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Terms
God
Think
" I've never not appeared in front of a live audience for any longer period than a month or two. "
William Shatner
Month
Never
Two