Don't be afraid to make an ass of yourself. I do it all the time, and look what I got." (Spoken at a graduation ceremony while holding aloft an honorary doctoral degree from McGill University)

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

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

I don't watch television.

In entertainment, whether it's movies or television or whatever, I'm a great audience, but I don't remember the names of the people I've seen or the groups that I've heard.

I've never been without a dog. I've made trips across the country with a dog.

I love technology.

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've been approached to do some things with astronauts and the preparation that astronauts go through.

A stage actor has to be 10% aware of the audience as he's performing.

I'm not out to convince anybody of anything.

All any artist can do is please themselves.

Nature is perfect.

My dad was good with actions.

I don't know how I got to this point but it must be as a result of everything that has come before so if I were to change something, I might not be at this point now.

I don't know how to deal with being 80.

I never watched 'Star Trek.'

I think the acting satisfies the need and desire for approval.

I'm anxious to make another film.

When I'm interviewing somebody I don't work from prepared questions.

Most people, including myself, keep repeating the same mistakes.

I love to evoke the bones and meat and thoughts of characters.

I was built for the long run, not for the short dash, I guess.

I've been breeding Dobies for years. Almost won the breed in Westminster at one time.

I love horses. There's something practical and mystical about them.

I also derive a great deal of pleasure from horses and dogs... the ocean... and love.

I like making people laugh. It comes off and shines in everything I do.

My wife and my three kids and my grandchildren are my life, but my horses and my dogs are everything else.

I'm gonna reveal something to you that's going to come as a shock: If you're a stupid young man, you're usually a stupid old man. Most people, including myself, keep repeating the same mistakes.

I think making a good film shot is joyful.

I often conduct interviews in my truck.

I believe that when things happen, they happen with a purpose.

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

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.

I'm surfing the giant life wave.

I was always working. Maybe you weren't aware of the movies I was making, or the television I was doing, or the shows I was creating, or the books I was writing; there have been thirty. But I have always been solidly at work, running as fast as I can.

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

The problem is I don't know anything or anyone. I am so focused on the immediate picture in front of me.

I see myself as an actor with a love of music.

I'm not technically adept at music, but I'd love to be part of a discussion of where progressive rock ends and country music begins.

Instead of playing something heavily, I play it lightly. Since people like to cast cyclically, once you've done one thing, people want to put you in that bag again. And since I want to work, I let it happen.

My name is William Shatner, and I am Canadian!

Yeah, I do stand-up, my own type of stand-up.

I am private.

My mother was an exuberant, silly lady.

No matter how prosaic something is that you've done and been a part of again and again, there is so much more there that you haven't seen.

At 40, I went to bed for three days. I thought my life is over.

I've never not appeared in front of a live audience for any longer period than a month or two.

The actor is in the hands of a lot of other people, over which he has no control.

I know very little about the viral, electronic world, but I use Twitter to communicate not only information that I think some of the fans want to hear about but also ideas.