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.
I love horses. There's something practical and mystical about them.
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.
Tabloid stuff just offends.
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.
Here's something pompous - you take your day and artistically create it, so every moment has an artistic flavor.
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.
The possibilities that are suggested in quantum physics tell us that everything that we're looking at may not be in fact there, so the underlying nature of being is weird.
Getting that audience approval is always a question mark, and it's always that flag that flutters in front of you.
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.
Most people, including myself, keep repeating the same mistakes.
I'm gonna reveal something to you that's going to come as a shock: If you're a stupid young man, you're usually a stupid old man. Most people, including myself, keep repeating the same mistakes.
I think the acting satisfies the need and desire for approval.
If saving money is wrong, I don't want to be right!
My name is William Shatner, and I am Canadian!
I didn't want to do the sitcom thing, but I didn't know what else to do.
I am not a Starfleet commander, or T.J. Hooker. I don't live on Starship NCC-1701, or own a phaser. And I don't know anybody named Bones, Sulu, or Spock.
And I enjoyed the celebrity and the creativity that was involved in Star Trek.
Nobody could have imagined the phenomenon that 'Star Trek' became. It's still almost impossible to imagine.
I never watched 'Star Trek.'