Quotes from William Shatner

I was always working. Maybe you weren't aware of the movies I was making, or the television I was doing, or the shows I was creating, or the books I was writing; there have been thirty. But I have always been solidly at work, running as fast as I can.

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

Success should always be just beyond your grasp.

Over the years, I've become barraged by comments from people, such as, 'Beam me up, Scotty!' and I became defensive. I felt they were derisive and engendered an attitude. I am grateful for the success, but didn't want to be mocked.

I hate flying, flat out hate its guts.

Sci-fi films are the epic films of the day because we can no longer put 10,000 extras in the scene - but we can draw thousands of aliens with computers.

I don't think of myself as being tied.

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.

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

When I did the film Generations, in which the character died, I felt like a guest for the first time. That made me very sad.

I'm interested in man's march into the unknown but to vomit in space is not my idea of a good time. Neither is a fiery crash with the vomit hovering over me.

Every day I realized I would not be a star.

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

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.

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.

Don't waste your time trying to get into my head. There's nothing there.

The idea of being a professional actor never occurred to anybody, including myself, for a long time.

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

Voice acting is very interesting, I've done several animated projects, and you have to make the voice reflect the character and try and do as much with a word as you can with a look in a live-action film.

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.

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

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

A tree you pass by every day is just a tree. If you are to closely examine what a tree has and the life a tree has, even the smallest thing can withstand a curiosity, and you can examine whole worlds.

Regret is the worst human emotion. If you took another road, you might have fallen off a cliff. I'm content.