James Hertsch recommended this article on the Times website about William Shatner. It is absolute must-reading!
A few choice lines from Captain Kirk:
- “A pro takes the job knowing it’s not a great role, just a paying job. But every word has music in it. My satisfaction is trying to reach that music.”
- Liz gasped and said, “No, no, no!” She grabbed Shatner’s espresso out of his hand. “That’s the one with caffeine.” She glanced at me and said, “The one thing Bill doesn’t need is caffeine.”
- “Retire! Retire! You mean go fishing in Montana? What does that mean: you hated the whole life you lived? I love to act, write, generate ideas. I’m crazy about horses, my wife, my kids” — he has three grown daughters — “my grandkids, my next part, the words that I learn so that they come out indigenously.”
- Into his fourth marriage, he said, he finally understands the institution. It’s about castration, he said, adding, “We are getting into misogyny here.”
- “But honey, he doesn’t want the ribs.” Shatner said: “He’s. Having. The. Ribs.” Then, sharply, he added: “This is the man’s table. Go sit over there at the woman’s table.”
- “You know, some horses don’t get along with one trainer or rider but do with others. It’s like actors who don’t get along with a director. I mean, what’s not to get along with? Do. The. Job.”
There are no small parts, they used to tell us, only small actors. William Shatner is no small actor.
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Loved it! Big fan. Much respect for the Shat-man.
And the character of Denny Crane is utterly and completely brilliant.
He’s definitely a throwback to the older generations of larger than life actors, who would give a role they played more life than a normal person would have. That’s what made it memorable.
The current crop though, with a few exceptions, are just rather pathetic.
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