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

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

If you make a fool of yourself, you can do it with dignity, without taking your pants down. And if you do take your pants down, you can still do it with dignity.
William Shatner

If you read my books, especially the Star Trek books and the Quest for Tomorrow books, you'll see in them the core theme of the basic humanistic questions that Star Trek asked.
William Shatner

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.
William Shatner

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.
William Shatner

Nobody could have imagined the phenomenon that 'Star Trek' became. It's still almost impossible to imagine.
William Shatner

Oh, for God's sake... get a life, will you?
William Shatner

One of the advantages of being a captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it.
William Shatner

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

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.
William Shatner

Spencer Tracy was a man who did very much what I do on a set, and that is, he comes down and he does his job, and then he goes back to his dressing room.
William Shatner

The basic quality that any great story must have is a story that illustrates the human condition.
William Shatner

The good life is one that's artistically made.
William Shatner

There's an ecstasy about doing something really good on film: the composition of a shot, the drama within the shot, the texture... It's palpable.
William Shatner

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.
William Shatner

Writing is truly a creative art - putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot.
William Shatner