I have had
the pleasure of listening to Mr. Shatner speak at several different Star Trek conventions, back in the day when I attended such things
on occasion. I haven’t been to a
convention now in ten years, though I am planning on attending the Creation
Entertainment Burbank convention in February 2014. I am sorry to say that I have not heard him
speak in a very long time.. . then again, it’s really not all that hard to find
him, is it?
The man is everywhere. Priceline commercials (the “Breakout” one cracks me up in particular). Star Trek, and Star Trek and yet more Star Trek, of course. Boston Legal. Rescue 911. T. J. Hooker. Voice work. Narration. Countless acting parts and series. He’s won a Golden Globe, 12 other awards, been nominated for 32 (!) other awards, including 6 Emmy Awards. Over 50 years of work in film and television. His imdb resume is unbelievable. I can’t wait to own a copy of “The Captains”, a 2011 documentary he directed and starred in where he talks with the other five "Trek" captains. He is a published author – with around 37 titles to his name. Everyone knows who William Shatner is. A phoenix who rises again and again. A man with a wonderful sense of humor about it all. He is 82 years old (unbelievable) and totally rocks Twitter. And he has HORSES. Beautiful horses. When I was a nanny my first year in Los Angeles, I took my boys to see Mr. Shatner’s Hollywood Charity Horse Show at the Burbank Equestrian Center. Beautiful horses.
I should
apologize to him, though. Once upon a
time we sent a call we got in the Deep
Space Nine production office over to the offices of Rescue 911 because the nut on the other end of the phone wanted to
speak to Captain Kirk and ONLY Captain Kirk.
I have always felt bad about that.
Sorry! My bad.
My favorite
Shatner quote: “Oh, for God's
sake... get a life, will you?”
Just
kidding! Maybe.
For
real: “But
if you want to know the truth, the weirdest thing that has happened has been my
discovery that people who attend the conventions are filled with love.” (http://www.doorly.com/writing/william_shatner.htm ) [KV note: I love the juxtaposition of
those two quotes!] A wise observation,
that.
Chris Pine,
ironically, may have said it best: "Bill's head space is, 'Enjoy every
interaction, suck the juice out of each experience, and grab life by the
balls.' We can all learn from that." (Men’s Health, May - June 2013). I can't top that.
Except maybe to say… somewhere along the way, before you die,
make sure that you can say “I got a life.”
Links you may like: http://williamshatner.com/ws/
Links you may like: http://williamshatner.com/ws/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD-HcMmImGk
Priceline Breakout 2013
http://www.horseshow.org/
The Hollywood Charity Horse Show
Love this! Yes, those 2 quotes together are perfect.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it, though? And both are true :)
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