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

Divorce is probably as painful as death. — William Shatner

I've been breeding Dobies for years. Almost won the breed in Westminster at one time. — William Shatner

Conquest is easy. Control is not. — William Shatner

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

My boy, that was a TV show. I used a stunt double. I always use a stunt double. Except in love scenes. I insist on doing those myself. — William Shatner

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. — William Shatner

I envy the people who say, 'oh, well, I've got my name in the golden book and I'm going to be entered into the pearly gates.' — William Shatner

I often conduct interviews in my truck. — 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 love living in Los Angeles. — William Shatner

The basic quality that any great story must have is a story that illustrates the human condition. — William Shatner

You need to be silly to be funny. — William Shatner

If there's anything I'm not pompous about, it's myself or my work. But I seem to be able to play it. — William Shatner

What does God need with a starship? — William Shatner

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

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

I also derive a great deal of pleasure from horses and dogs ... the ocean ... and love. — William Shatner

The great mystery of our consciousness is beyond our grasp. — William Shatner

Although I'm a business major out of McGill University, I know nothing ... but then I found out much later in life, nobody knows anything. — William Shatner

Tabloid stuff just offends. — 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 I'm given an opportunity to do something, I do it. Or else I fool around with it. — William Shatner

I love horses. There's something practical and mystical about them. — William Shatner

I have a tendency to evolve into William Shatner, with my big fat face. — Jason Bateman

Youth is the ultimate limited resource. — William Shatner

My name is not 'William Shatner.' — Chris Pine

There's too many people in the world. — William Shatner

Ads need to be little pieces of entertainment. — William Shatner

The ability to breathe the air and drink the water will be what the wars will be about from here on in. And it's coming with alarming rapidity. — William Shatner

The only subject I know anything about is myself and I don't know that too clearly. — William Shatner

Writing is truly a creative art - putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot. — William Shatner

The truth can't be hidden for long. — William Shatner

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. — William Shatner

Stop and smell the garlic! That's all you have to do. — William Shatner

The conundrum of free will and destiny has always kept me dangling. — William Shatner

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

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

So many dot-com companies were formulated on air. — William Shatner

I don't think in terms of God. — William Shatner

I'm always open to the possibility that somebody's got a better idea than I have. It happens with some frequency. — William Shatner

I played comedies and dramas. — William Shatner

Well-written words are music. — William Shatner

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. — William Shatner

I love the musicality of words. — 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

My dad died of a stroke. — William Shatner

We're all embers from the same fire. Our ember winks out, we're ashes, we go back to the fire. — William Shatner

There were many times when I kept silent about being Jewish as I got older, when Jewish jokes were told. — William Shatner

Your cadence is your music. — William Shatner

I've blundered my way through life. — William Shatner

I never watched 'Star Trek.' — William Shatner

I'm surfing the giant life wave. — William Shatner

It's very easy to say no to leaving the house. — William Shatner

My wife and my three kids and my grandchildren are my life, but my horses and my dogs are everything else. — William Shatner

There was nothing lonelier than a man with a million friends. — William Shatner

The political scene is already so turgid, it doesn't need more of that from me. — William Shatner

Mythology needs heroes and it needs villains, it needs heroes to fail, it needs heroes to struggle. — William Shatner

The longer I go about living, I see it's the relationship that is most meaningful. — William Shatner

William Shatner just reeks of cool. — Maggie Lawson

Death is an absolute marvel. — William Shatner

Never buy anything that eats while you sleep. — William Shatner

Let women figure out why they won't sleep with you. Don't do their work for them. — 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

All any artist can do is please themselves. — William Shatner

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

I frequently dream of being on these horses' backs and running across a field. And the horse and I are one. — William Shatner

I've been in that angst of loneliness, where you're really alone in the universe, except for the dog. — William Shatner

I've never been without a dog. I've made trips across the country with a dog. — William Shatner

When I direct and have to look at filmed scenes of myself, I suck. — William Shatner

I'm not going to have a tombstone. I'm going to be tossed in the air. Ashes, tossed like a salad. — William Shatner

I love the concept of togetherness and the entwinement of marriage. — William Shatner

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

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

I see people putting text messages on the phone or computer and I think, 'Why don't you just call?' — William Shatner

Here's something pompous - you take your day and artistically create it, so every moment has an artistic flavor. — William Shatner

Babies have big heads and big eyes, and tiny little bodies with tiny little arms and legs. So did the aliens at Roswell! I rest my case. — William Shatner

We were basically one and the same, although Jim [Kirk] was just about perfect, and, of course, I am perfect. — William Shatner

Oh, for God's sake ... get a life, will you? — William Shatner

Success should always be just beyond your grasp. — William Shatner

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

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

Careers are here and they're gone. No matter how great we think we are, we're nothing but the temples of Ozymandias-we're ruins in the making. — William Shatner

I always thought that the spine of a character was awe and wonder. — William Shatner

I want to discover a truth for myself that is really true. Whether it's a piece of scientific knowledge, or a philosophical truth. — William Shatner

Being an icon is overrated, remember an icon can be moved by a mouse — William Shatner

I slept for four days when I turned 40. — William Shatner

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

Don't be afraid of making an ass of yourself. I do it all the time and look what I got. — William Shatner

All in all, Kirk's character is something I am very proud of. — William Shatner

I love cameras but I find myself reluctantly taking pictures because what's past is past. — William Shatner

I love to go to a movie, get a Diet Coke and a barrel of popcorn, and sit there with my kids and watch a film. — William Shatner

My name is William Shatner, and I am Canadian! — William Shatner

I have been accused of never saying no. — William Shatner

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. — William Shatner

I was built for the long run, not for the short dash, I guess. — William Shatner

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

You might as well aim high. Why shoot yourself in the foot when you can shoot yourself in the head? — William Shatner

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. — William Shatner

A series is filled with compromises. — William Shatner