William Shatner Quotes

Don't be afraid of making an ass of yourself. I do it all the time and look what I got.

I did some professional radio acting as a teenager, and I essentially put myself through college with radio acting in Montreal. When I graduated, I got jobs in professional theatres, repertory, and stock theatres in Canada for a couple of years. And then I went to Stratford, Ontario, where I spent three years with a Shakespeare company. We took a classical play from Stratford to New York City, and I got some good notices there and essentially stayed and did live television. And that brings you to the beginning of filming.

Success should always be just beyond your grasp.

You have to create your life. You have to carve it, like a sculpture.

If saving money is wrong, I don't want to be right!

I've got rock 'n' roll in my blood.

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

How do I stay so healthy and boyishly handsome? It's simple. I drink the blood of young runaways.

You have to continuously fail. You fail at something, then you get over it, then you fail some more. And after you fail, there's always something new there. And that something new can be really interesting.

A pretty girl is certainly comparable to a good horse.

We meet aliens every day who have something to give us. They come in the form of people with different opinions.

Remember - you can't beam through a force field. So, don't try it.

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.

Every piece of entertainment is made with the idea that 'This is going to be terrific' and 'This is the best thing I've ever done' and then it hits the public and then the public tells you whether it's good or bad.

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.

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

Exercise? A Jew doesn't exercise.

Let women figure out why they won't sleep with you. Don't do their work for them.

Energy is the key to creativity. Energy is the key to life.

Being an icon is overrated, remember an icon can be moved by a mouse

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

You might as well aim high. Why shoot yourself in the foot when you can shoot yourself in the head?

There was nothing lonelier than a man with a million friends.

I'm always open to the possibility that somebody's got a better idea than I have. It happens with some frequency.

Fate gives you the finger and you accept.