A stage actor has to be 10% aware of the audience as he's performing. — William Shatner Copy Share Image
The actor is in the hands of a lot of other people, over which he has no control. — William Shatner Copy Share Image
The idea of being a professional actor never occurred to anybody, including myself, for a long time. — William Shatner Copy Share Image
There's an ecstasy about doing something really good on film: the composition of a shot, the drama within the shot, the texture...… — William Shatner Copy Share Image
Gradually the live TV scene simmered out, replaced by film, and that took place in L.A. So many actors left New York. — William Shatner Copy Share Image
I proceeded to prove everybody right as to how bad an economics student I was by failing as an assistant manager in… — William Shatner Copy Share Image
I did some professional radio acting as a teenager, and I essentially put myself through college with radio acting in Montreal. When… — William Shatner Copy Share Image
You cannot begin to imagine the shock I had when I came down on the floor for the first time. First of… — William Shatner Copy Share Image
We were basically one and the same, although Jim Kirk was just about perfect, and, of course, I am perfect. — William Shatner Copy Share
You might as well aim high. Why shoot yourself in the foot when you can shoot yourself in the head? — William Shatner Copy Share
I think the supernatural is a catch-all for everything we don't understand about the vast other parts of life that we cannot perceive. — William Shatner Copy Share
We live in grief for having left the womb, for having left the teat, then school, then home. In my case, it was leaving… — William Shatner Copy Share
I love cameras but I find myself reluctantly taking pictures because what's past is past. — William Shatner Copy Share
If you make a fool of yourself, you can do it with dignity, without taking your pants down. And if you do take your… — William Shatner Copy Share
I spent years doing 'Star Trek' bits and things, and a lot of people loved it, a lot of people mocked it. — William Shatner Copy Share
I watch movies and sports. I can count on the fingers of my hand the number of times I have watched an hour show.… — William Shatner Copy Share
Marriage is a reflection of your life in general: how you treat people, how you argue, how secure you are in your own thoughts.… — William Shatner Copy Share
