Boldly Going There
I'm talking to William Shatner right now!
That's how I feel. I live near where Marlon Brando lived. All that it required was a 10-minute drive on my part to get to his house and talk to him. I never availed myself of the possibility. I regret not having done it. Suddenly I have the opportunity to ask people to come have a conversation with me and find out about them what I want to find out.
Who's on your short list?
I want to get a hold of all the people you want to get a hold of.
I didn't realize you weren't even the first pick to play Kirk for the original "Star Trek."
I didn't realize it myself for a long time. It's not the first thing they told you. The story came out there were a couple other guys in front of me.
That show, at least in syndication, has been such a phenomenon, it boggles the mind that when it wrapped, you were broke and living in your truck.
I had money to make, obligations that I needed to fulfill. So I went on summer theater tours with a shell on the back of a pickup truck and lived in that shell. Very dark days.
Richard Branson invited you to take a trip to space.
It wasn't free. They wanted me to pay the regular fee, the $250,000. I said, "No, you got it wrong, you pay me $250,000." I never heard back from them. I guess they and J.J. Abrams got together.
You starred in the only Esperanto movie ever made, "Incubus." Any parting words for us in that language?
Bok choy!
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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