As the captain, I was going to be having the dominant role in most of the episodes, and that was appealing. I wasn't interested in coming to Hollywood to sit around.

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I don't do impersonations. I can do a wounded elephant! I can do a really...

I don't do impersonations. I can do a wounded elephant! I can do a really...

It is what you do from now on that will either move our civilization forward...

It is what you do from now on that will either move our civilization forward...

I certainly wanted to maintain some sense of mystery about Picard and that's why we...

I certainly wanted to maintain some sense of mystery about Picard and that's why we...

Roddenberry had created quite a complex and at times mysterious character. Guarded, cautious, careful in...

Roddenberry had created quite a complex and at times mysterious character. Guarded, cautious, careful in...

I became a better listener than I ever had been as a result of playing...

I became a better listener than I ever had been as a result of playing...

The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially...

The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially...

Having played many roles of scientific intellect I do have an empathy for that world....

Having played many roles of scientific intellect I do have an empathy for that world....

I am told that there have been over the years a number of experiments taking...

I am told that there have been over the years a number of experiments taking...

I wasn't campaigning for a role in a Hollywood television series, it was a fluke....

I wasn't campaigning for a role in a Hollywood television series, it was a fluke....

It wasn't until the first season ended that I went to my first Star Trek...

It wasn't until the first season ended that I went to my first Star Trek...

During the course of the seven years I played scenes with an oil slick, I...

During the course of the seven years I played scenes with an oil slick, I...

You get all of your neuroses worked out on stage. I haven't actually played very...

You get all of your neuroses worked out on stage. I haven't actually played very...

Tom Hanks knows the name of all the episodes.

Tom Hanks knows the name of all the episodes.

As time went on, I did campaign to lighten the character a little bit, to...

As time went on, I did campaign to lighten the character a little bit, to...

William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I...

William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I...

I came to feel very, very sentimental about those sets, which is ludicrous, because they...

I came to feel very, very sentimental about those sets, which is ludicrous, because they...

It still frightens me a little bit to think that so much of my life...

It still frightens me a little bit to think that so much of my life...

We've heard from many teachers that they used episodes of Star Trek and concepts of...

We've heard from many teachers that they used episodes of Star Trek and concepts of...

I am not the archetypal leading man. This is mainly for one reason: as you...

I am not the archetypal leading man. This is mainly for one reason: as you...

I wouldn't know a space-time continuum or warp core breach if they got into bed...

I wouldn't know a space-time continuum or warp core breach if they got into bed...