William Shatner
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About This Interview
William Shatner was interviewed for three-and-a-half hours (in two interview parts) in Studio City, CA. Shatner described his early years in Canadian theater, and his debut on American television. He discussed appearances on many live shows including Playhouse 90, Studio One, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Omnibus, and others. Shatner went on to star as Captain Kirk in Star Trek and subsequent feature films. He starred in T.J. Hooker and later hosted Rescue 911. In part two of his interview, Shatner talked about his work as "Denny Crane" on Boston Legal. The interviews were conducted by Ramin Fathie on September 15, 1999 and Stephen J. Abramson on January 22, 2009.
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William Shatner on the pressures of production during Star Trek
Clip begins at: 00:57, Duration: 02m 51s
William Shatner on why he felt Star Trek has had such a following
Clip begins at: 10:32, Duration: 00m 43s
William Shatner on Star Trek co-star Leonard Nimoy
Clip begins at: 04:44, Duration: 00m 33s
William Shatner on his legacy
Clip begins at: 00:00, Duration: 01m 03s
William Shatner on his experience starring in T.J. Hooker, and how he wished it could have sustained fully its original premise
Clip begins at: 21:10, Duration: 00m 50s
William Shatner on Boston Legal co-star Candice Bergen
Clip begins at: 53:56, Duration: 00m 28s
William Shatner on his Boston Legal character “Denny Crane’s” penchant for saying his name as a non sequitur
Clip begins at: 29:00, Duration: 01m 01s
William Shatner on his rationale for "breaking the fourth wall" while playing "Denny Crane" on Boston Legal
Clip begins at: 24:37, Duration: 01m 32s
Interview
- Part 1
- Full Chapter One
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- Full Chapter Two
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- full chapter three
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- Full Chapter four
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- Full Chapter Five
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- Full Chapter 6 (Part Two of a two-part interview): begins with Saturday Night Live and covers his later years on Boston Legal
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- Full Chapter Seven
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Holy Christ is this interviewer stiff and uninspiring...
so kool to listen to the captain
@m001900 its bizzarre. it must have been Bone's adrenaline in "the deadly years" he looks about 60 : P
Amazing, absolutely amazing to see this, I'm so thrilled. Wow this is so cool Shatner looks very tired I wonder what he does everyday :D I wanna know
Alright, I'd love to have seen Deathtrap done with him! OMG
Shatner is the man! :-)
James T. Kirk. Shatner is boss!
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