Quotes By William Shatner

I can't type. Can't do it.

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

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.

A series is filled with compromises.

How do I stay so healthy and boyishly handsome? It's simple. I drink the blood of young runaways.

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

Captain Kirk has been a source of pleasure and income for a long time.

I've been approached to do some things with astronauts and the preparation that astronauts go through.

I love technology.

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

I never watched 'Star Trek.'

I love the concept of togetherness and the entwinement of marriage.

A stage actor has to be 10% aware of the audience as he's performing.

These people who come to Comic-Con and dress up - all across the country, the rest of the population who doesn't understand are scoffing at them.

There's too many people in the world.

I'm an optimist.

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

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.

Energy is the key to creativity. Energy is the key to life.

Divorce is probably as painful as death.

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

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.

Most people, including myself, keep repeating the same mistakes.

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

Nobody could have imagined the phenomenon that 'Star Trek' became. It's still almost impossible to imagine.

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

Things people say strike me as amusing, and I am prone to saying out loud what everybody's thinking.

The essence of paint ball is the fact that when you get hit by a ball full of paint, it hurts just enough to say, 'Ow, I gotta get out of the way,' but not enough to say, 'I quit.'

I had been in a Shakespeare company for three years and done a lot of Shakespeare. That was fun. That was interesting.