Boldly Going There
You mean the affair?
Talking about the senator and not thinking everybody would pounce on it.
You do put yourself into these crazy stunts—bear hunting, race-car driving, parachuting. Why?
I keep thinking that I'm not going to get hurt. That somebody else is going to get hurt, not me. The stuntman can get hurt.
What's the latest on the upcoming "Star Trek" movie remake that J.J. Abrams is doing? Have you been hearing from him at all?
I know nothing. I had a meeting a couple times with J.J. Abrams, who actually came down one time to where we shoot "Boston Legal" to visit with me—and I don't know what it was about. He never called back, and I'm not in the movie. I'm disappointed.
Were you offended?
I would have liked to have been in the revival of "Star Trek." More than that I'm fascinated by the business decision of not including that popular character and the actor who has a lot of popularity still, as opposed to anybody else in the cast who's either unknown or not in the public eye particularly.
Why do you think you were left out?
They, in all likelihood, couldn't solve the storytelling problem and decided to ignore it.
You're developing a talk show for Biography called "Shatner's Raw Nerve." Are you going to be the next Larry King?
My hope is to have a conversation with interesting people and try and delve underneath, just like you do every day. I'm really enjoying the process. I've done four already: John Voight, Judge Judy, Valerie Bertinelli and Kelsey Grammer. Very interesting guy. I look forward to talking to people I've always wanted to talk to. I'm sure you know what I mean.
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Posted By: QueenOfFrackingUniverse @ 05/28/2008 10:24:35 PM
Comment: You go Bill. We love you in all your incarnations. How are the horses? Love Original Star Trek, ST: Next Gen and Deep Space 9. Realized watching re-runs of Original ST where I got my "fashion sense" obsession with Big Hair EEEK. Disappointed in Voyager ; gravely disappointed beyond words in Enterprise and messing with ALL the ST timelines. I am have found I am rare in that I love ST, SW, Babylon 5, & Battlestar Galactica among many other SF properties. I chose to be married on bridge of Enterprise D in Las Vegas. SOMEONE PLEASE SAVE ST: EXPERIENCE IN LAS VEGAS. CEDAR FAIR IS CLOSING IT IN OCTOBER. THEY CONSIDER THIS PROPERTY AN EMBARRASSMENT.
Queen of the Fracking Universe judy_helgeson@hotmail.com
Posted By: charmer_ @ 05/28/2008 9:50:00 PM
Comment: "More than that I'm fascinated by the business decision of not including that popular character and the actor who has a lot of popularity still, as opposed to anybody else in the cast who's either unknown or not in the public eye particularly."
I gotta say that I'm a big Star Trek fan, and a huge fan of Shatner's work as Captain Kirk. However by making comments like the one listed above, he's not helping his already damaged reputation of being a difficult and arrogant actor. Come on Shatner...get over your own ego: sheesh!
Posted By: charmer_ @ 05/28/2008 9:42:10 PM
Comment: "More than that I'm fascinated by the business decision of not including that popular character and the actor who has a lot of popularity still, as opposed to anybody else in the cast who's either unknown or not in the public eye particularly."
I gotta say that I'm a big Star Trek fan, and a huge fan of Shatner's work as Captain Kirk. However with comments like the one shown above, he's not going to be making any friends any time soon (much less be in the next Star Trek movie). Come on Shatner...get over your own ego: sheesh! :S