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" Instead of playing something heavily, I play it lightly. Since people like to cast cyclically, once you've done one thing, people want to put you in that bag again. And since I want to work, I let it happen. "

William Shatner

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" We live in grief for having left the womb, for having left the teat, then school, then home. In my case, it was leaving marriages, and the death of my wife. "

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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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" My beautiful wife is dead. She meant everything to me. Her laughter, her tears and her joy will remain with me the rest of my life. "

" My dad was good with actions. "

" I don't read reviews. "

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" And I enjoyed the celebrity and the creativity that was involved in Star Trek. "

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

" Remember - you can't beam through a force field. So, don't try it. "

" I think the acting satisfies the need and desire for approval. "

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

" A series is filled with compromises. "

" I'm not technically adept at music, but I'd love to be part of a discussion of where progressive rock ends and country music begins. "

" With three kids, it was always very, very tight, and it was always a scramble for what was my next job. So I learned never to go into debt because I don't want those monthly payments to preoccupy my thoughts. "

" It was the early 1970s and I was recently divorced. I had three kids and was totally broke. I managed to find work back east on the straw-hat circuit - summer stock - but couldn't afford hotels, so I lived out of the back of my truck, under a hard shell. "

" I love living in Los Angeles. "

" 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. "

" There's a joy and a pain about directing where the dreams you have are becoming concrete but the attention to detail, the need for time is such that it's overwhelming at times, and the stream of responsibility. "

" 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. "

" 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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" I'm anxious to make another film. "

" I've never not appeared in front of a live audience for any longer period than a month or two. "

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

" I sometimes find that in interviews you learn more about yourself than the person learned about you. "

" I hate flying, flat out hate its guts. "