Quotes by William Shatner

About William Shatner:

William "Bill" Shatner is a Canadian actor, singer, author, producer, director, spokesman, and comedian. He gained worldwide fame and became a cultural icon for his portrayal of James T. Kirk, Captain of the USS Enterprise, in the Star Trek franchise. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing Captain Kirk and being a part of Star Trek, and has co-written several novels set in the Star Trek universe. He has also written a series of science fiction novels called TekWar which was adapted for television.
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I thought I was loved.

William Shatner

It's irksome to read about someone I don't recognize. It frightens me.

William Shatner

There's too many people in the world.

William Shatner

The actor is in the hands of a lot of other people, over which he has no control.

William Shatner

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

William Shatner

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.

William Shatner

If someone criticizes my acting, they may be right.

William Shatner

The problem is I don't know anything or anyone. I am so focused on the immediate picture in front of me.

William Shatner

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.

William Shatner

When there are tiers of meaning in an ad it intrigues the audience and they look for it again and again.

William Shatner

I know very little about the viral, electronic world, but I use Twitter to communicate not only information that I think some of the fans want to hear about but also ideas.

William Shatner

Yeah, I do stand-up, my own type of stand-up.

William Shatner

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.

William Shatner

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.

William Shatner

Don't be afraid to make an ass of yourself. I do it all the time, and look what I got." (Spoken at a graduation ceremony while holding aloft an honorary doctoral degree from McGill University)

William Shatner

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 sh...

William Shatner

I think of doing a series as very hard work. But then I've talked to coal miners, and that's really hard work.

William Shatner

When I'm interviewing somebody I don't work from prepared questions.

William Shatner

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

I'm just quizzical about how things work and why things are.

William Shatner

Author Bio

  • NameWilliam Shatner
  • DescriptionCanadian actor, musician, recording artist, author, and film director
  • AliasesBill Shatner
  • BornMarch 22, 1931
  • CountryCanada
  • ProfessionTelevision Actor; Film Actor; Singer; Film Director; Actor; Writer; Novelist; Musician; Esperantist; Voice Actor; Blogger
  • AwardsGovernor General’s Performing Arts Award; Emmy Award