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William Shatner, born on March 22, 1931, is a renowned Canadian-American actor. He is best known for his role as Captain James T. Kirk in the television series 'Star Trek', which has made him a iconic figure in the science fiction culture. Shatner's acting career spans over half a century, with notable performances in film, television, and theater.

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“I had been in a Shakespeare company for three years and done a lot of Shakespeare. That was fun. That was interesting. It was a lot of work - anything other than Shakespeare was less work. I had a lot of interesting roles, but I don't point to them and say, "That was more interesting than that," because I don't know what the criteria are.”

Knows Years Done Three Fun Interesting Company Roles Three Years Criteria

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“The pictures remind you of something that can never be recaptured, the time is gone, the only thing you know is the present. That's all that's knowable and even the present isn't knowable. The present becomes the past... so you really don't know anything.”

Knows Past Gone

Author:William Shatner

“You cannot begin to imagine the shock I had when I came down on the floor for the first time. First of all, there's this whole thing about playing sitcom comedy. I didn't want to do the sitcom thing, but I didn't know what else to do. I went slowly. We went through the week of rehearsal, then we got on the floor with the cameras, which I'm used to because of my experience in the old days. Then came camera day, with an audience, and it was stunning, enthralling, exciting and chaotic. I had never experienced anything like that before, as an actor. I was part minstrel, part actor.”

Knows Want Firsts Whole Used Actors Audience Comedy Imagine Week First Time Exciting Cameras Shock Rehearsal Chaotic Old Days Sitcom Stunning Minstrels

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“Memories were the markers of the journey through life. It was necessary to know where you had come from. Only then could you know where you were going.”

Knows Memories Journey Markers Journey Through Life

Book:The Ashes of Eden

Source: The Ashes of Eden

“Is there a God? There is, but we don't know where. Or who. And, indeed, why.”

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“People have an affinity towards things, and you don't know where it comes from. Mozart wrote a symphony when he was four, so it's said; the theory is maybe because his father was a conductor, it happened in vitro, and he heard the music before he was born, and by the age of four he knew how to write music.”

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“You can't do anything about the past. And you don't know what the future is.”

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“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.”

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“You know, the process of making a documentary is one of discovery, and like writing a story, you follow a lead and that leads you to something else and then by the time you finish, the story is nothing like you expected.”

Knows Writing Stories Process Like You Discovery Expected Documentaries

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

Knows Intrigued

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“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.”

Knows Found Majors University Nobody Knows Later In Life

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

Knows Want Sitcom Minstrels

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“But if you want to know the truth, the weirdest thing that has happened has been my discovery that people who attend the conventions are filled with love.”

People Ifs Knows Want Has Beens Happened Discovery Filled Conventions

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“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.”

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“I don't want people to know me. I want them to believe my version.”

People Knows Want Believe Versions Know Me

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“Everyone knows everything about all of us. That's too much knowledge!”

Author:William Shatner

“I'm so not ready to die. It petrifies me. I go alone. I go to a place I don't know. It might be painful. It might be the end. My thought is that it is the end. I become nameless, and I spent a lifetime being known.”

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Author:William Shatner

About the Author

Born: March 22, 1931
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 202

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