Quotes By William Shatner

If I'm given an opportunity to do something, I do it. Or else I fool around with it.

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.

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

The good life is one that's artistically made.

You need to be silly to be funny.

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

If saving money is wrong, I don't want to be right!

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.

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

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

I never watched 'Star Trek.'

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.

In my proudest moments, I think I had a real hand in the creative force of making "Star Trek." But most of the time, I don't think about it.

I'm an optimist.

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.

The mysteriousness and mystique of space is such, that science fiction attempts to tantalize you by telling you a story that could possibly be out there and that's the appeal of science fiction.

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.

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

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

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.

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.