William Shatner on 60 Years of Star Trek: The Extended Interview

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  @bobewing8339 · 3 weeks ago

  Thank you for letting the man talk without interrupting him. A lot of interviewers get this part wrong.

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• JO

  @JonathanHudgins · 3 weeks ago

  Mr. Shatner truly has lived long and prospered. What an inspiration. He's the sharpest 95 year old I have ever heard.

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• AL

  @alexdavies7394 · 3 weeks ago (edited)

  Happy 60th to the original "Star Trek." Still we have THE Captain Kirk 😊 William Shatner looks incredible for 95.

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• LO

  @lorrainesheridan496 · 2 weeks ago

  Bless you Mr Shatner you could never bore anyone.  May you reach 100 and beyond.

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• JA

  @jamestkirk3126 · 3 weeks ago

  William Shatner gave Captain Kirk something that no other Star Trek incarnation ever really had, a sense of wonder. Clearly this a large part of Mr Shatner's own personality. 😊

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• ES

  @escommentss · 3 weeks ago

  William Shatner is so interesting and so sharp! At  95?!?

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• MI

  @MichaelBrown-o5d · 3 weeks ago

  Willian Shatner looks much younger than 95.

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• BE

  @bels4116 · 2 weeks ago

  Wow I've met 65 year olds who aren't as lively and engaging as  Shatner is at 95! 👏👏

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• WE

  @weeniehutjunior · 3 weeks ago

  William Shatner has so much energy and is so sharp and still as charismatic as he ever was.....and at 95! What an incredible life he has had. A national treasure. Thanks for this interview!

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• AD

  @AdamC1985 · 3 weeks ago

  Mr.Shatner , a true national treasure ! Aren't we lucky to still have him around and so sharp. Great interview.

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• MA

  @markpekrul4393 · 3 weeks ago

  It is a gift to have William Shatner still with us. &nbsp;Putting aside Trek for a moment - this guy has been a working actor on stage, in TV and in film since the beginning of the 1950s - for all intents and purposes, he has been on TV since there was TV. &nbsp;He appeared on almost ever TV show there was in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. &nbsp;He has worked with some of the greats of the game - Spencer Tracy, Yul Brynner, Lee J. Cobb (and later, in By Any Other Name, his daughter Julie Cobb), Montgomery Clift, and many, many more. &nbsp;He has done so with grace, wit and talent above all. &nbsp;Guy even lived out of his camper in the early 1970s during a time when he didn&apos;t know what his future held. &nbsp;<br><br>Looking back across everything we&apos;ve heard about how he could be on Trek, as told by almost everyone other than Nimoy and Kelly, I have to give him some slack. &nbsp;Was he a bit of an egoist? &nbsp;Sure. &nbsp;But some of what he did had a practical basis. &nbsp;You&apos;re in Hollywood looking for work, along with a thousand other guys. &nbsp;Then, a handful of you wind up with a TV gig in 1966. &nbsp;It&apos;s not &quot;STAR TREK!&quot;, it&apos;s a paycheck. &nbsp;You don&apos;t know if it&apos;ll last even half a season, but its steady money and you want - need - it to last. &nbsp;The writers were top notch - the stories had depth and they featured many roles. &nbsp;However, what drove TV success was audience investment in a core group of recognizable main characters. &nbsp;On Trek he knew that was himself and Nimoy. &nbsp;Did he convince directors to whittle down other actors&apos; parts and give more of the meat to him? Yep. Some of it was probably pure ego, but a lot was trying to keep the show, to his mind, focused and popular enough to last another week, or month or year so that ALL of them could continue to get paid. &nbsp; In doing so, I don&apos;t think he understood the unique appeal of Trek to the audience it had found. &nbsp;But, for the most part, I have to understand it.

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  @tylerunverzagt881 · 3 weeks ago

  I was in of those people in the audience at that convention. When William Shatner first walked out on stage it was an historic moment. (The year was actually 1974.) I remember how exciting it was to see him for the first time. He was eloquent speaker and the crowd warmed up to him immediately, as he told us about the experiences he had when working on the show and other projects he was involved with.

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