Quotes By William Shatner

All I know is that I am constantly intrigued by something I'm doing.

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

My name is William Shatner, and I am Canadian!

I love living in Los Angeles.

My kids say if there's any family dinner that doesn't result in somebody crying, it's not a good dinner. They cry because it helps relieve them of a guilt or some onerous emotional burden. It's like a family tradition.

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.

I don't know how I got to this point but it must be as a result of everything that has come before so if I were to change something, I might not be at this point now.

You have to create your life. You have to carve it, like a sculpture.

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

If you read my books, especially the Star Trek books and the Quest for Tomorrow books, you'll see in them the core theme of the basic humanistic questions that Star Trek asked.

Gradually the live TV scene simmered out, replaced by film, and that took place in L.A. So many actors left New York.

Getting that audience approval is always a question mark, and it's always that flag that flutters in front of you.

What is down will go up. At the same time, you have to be prepared for what is up to go down.

I love to evoke the bones and meat and thoughts of characters.

Nature is perfect.

All any artist can do is please themselves.

I didn't want to do the sitcom thing, but I didn't know what else to do.

My understanding is, the fans are so ravenous in Canada, they gnaw on the stars.

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.

I did a movie in Esperanto.