I watch movies and sports. I can count on the fingers of my hand the number of times I have watched an hour show. Furthermore, I never watch a half-hour show, and I never watch myself.

— William Shatner

Marriage is a reflection of your life in general: how you treat people, how you argue, how secure you are in your own thoughts. How vehemently do you argue your point of view? With what disdain do you view the other's point of view?

— William Shatner

My dad died of a stroke.

— William Shatner

My dad was good with actions.

— 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

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.

— 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

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

— William Shatner

The mysteriousness and mystique of space is such, that science fiction attempts to tantalize you by telling you a story that could possibly be out there and that's the appeal of science fiction.

— William Shatner

There's a joy and a pain about directing where the dreams you have are becoming concrete but the attention to detail, the need for time is such that it's overwhelming at times, and the stream of responsibility.

— William Shatner