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 More Quotes by William Shatner More Quotes From William Shatner 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. William Shatner markersjourneymemories We were basically one and the same, although Jim Kirk was just about perfect, and, of course, I am perfect. William Shatner kirkcoursesperfect There's too many people in the world. William Shatner nonsensepeopleworld The conundrum of free will and destiny has always kept me dangling. William Shatner conundrumsfree-willdestiny We're all embers from the same fire. Our ember winks out, we're ashes, we go back to the fire. William Shatner embersashesfire Within weeks of our premiere, it became obvious that Leonard [Nimoy] and the character of Spock were becoming something of a national phenomenon. ... And to be unflatteringly frank, it bugged me. ... [Then, Gene Roddenberry] said to me the wisest thing he could possibly have uttered. He said, `Don't ever fear having good and popular people around you, because they can only enhance your own performance. The more you can play to these people, the better the show.' William Shatner philosophicalplaycharacter Let women figure out why they won't sleep with you. Don't do their work for them. William Shatner homosexualitysexualitysleep 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. William Shatner suicidemightdeath There was nothing lonelier than a man with a million friends. William Shatner millionslonelinessmen I'm not going to have a tombstone. I'm going to be tossed in the air. Ashes, tossed like a salad. William Shatner tombstoneairreligion What does God need with a starship? William Shatner captain-kirkdoeneeds I'm coming little animal!. William Shatner littlesanimal I slept for four days when I turned 40. William Shatner four There were many times when I kept silent about being Jewish as I got older, when Jewish jokes were told. William Shatner silentjokes I think you die the way you live. William Shatner dyingdeaththinking I did a movie in Esperanto. William Shatner esperantomovieactors 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 laughterbeautifuldeath I think the acting satisfies the need and desire for approval. William Shatner appreciatedesirethinking My life is my statement and I try to be true to myself and thusly to other people. Whatever my failings are, they are human and I try to perfect it each day. William Shatner perfectlifepeople Pain and guilt can't be taken away with the wave of a magic wand. They're the things we carry with us, the things that make us who we are. If we lose them, we lose ourselves. I don't want my pain taken away! I need my pain! William Shatner cynicalpaintaken
