TV Tattler: Celebrity Interviews
8 Questions With: William Shatner
April 3 -- How many actors get the chance to play two iconic characters on TV? <A HREF='http://television.aol.com/celebrity/william-shatner/111030' target='_blank'><FONT COLOR='#2864B4'>William Shatner</font></a>'s done it, first with <A HREF='http://television.aol.com/show/star-trek/233437/main' target='_blank'><FONT COLOR='#2864B4'>'Star Trek'</font></a>s' original captain, James T. Kirk, and again with his Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning turn as brilliant <A HREF='http://television.aol.com/show/boston-legal/219089/main' target='_blank'><FONT COLOR='#2864B4'>'Boston Legal'</font></a> lawyer Denny Crane. He opens up to AOL TV's Kimberly Potts about the next 'Star Trek' movie, his fall 2009 talk show and ... Denny's bid for the White House?!
8 Questions With: William Shatner
<b>1. How great is it to have this level of success at this point in your career?</b> This is a joyful working place. It's full of great material and wonderful people, wonderful actors, so this is one of those ideal moments in an actor's life. And working is good -- it means you're still there! You're still breathing. If I'm working, I can't die.
8 Questions With: William Shatner
<b>2. Is retirement out of the question?</b> I don't know what to retire to.
8 Questions With: William Shatner
<b>3. What will Denny Crane be up to in this season's six new 'Boston Legal' episodes? </b> Running for president! And attempting to show his sensitive side, by crying. [The crying] is for Shirley's benefit. He rigs himself up to something to be able to cry.
8 Questions With: William Shatner
<b>4. What will we learn about you in your new autobiography, 'Up Till Now'? </b> Well, it's a snapshot of my life, and there are episodes that I think indicate growth. Once that was laid out, and there was a rough draft, I was able to see the patterns in my life and comment on them. I think you'll be laughing out loud when you read it.
8 Questions With: William Shatner
<b>5. What's your involvement with <A HREF='http://television.aol.com/celebrity/jj-abrams/240910' target='_blank'><FONT COLOR='#2864B4'>J.J. Abrams</font></a>' 'Star Trek' movie? </b> Everybody knows more about it than I. I don't even know whether they finished shooting or not. I've actually had nothing to do with it. It's a shame, and I would have liked to have been a part of it, but the people doing it, for some reason or other, thought otherwise, and so I'm not.
8 Questions With: William Shatner
<b>6. Your most recent 'Star Trek' novel, 'Collision Course,' has a young James T. Kirk storyline. Will you be writing more 'Trek' novels?</b> I don't think so. The publishing company was very negligent on this last novel. I think they may have given up on it, so I would think that would be the last novel from me. Whether J.J. Abrams is capable of reigniting the franchise remains to be seen, and if he does, then perchance it won't be the last.
8 Questions With: William Shatner
<b>7. There's an item in 'Details' magazine about your wanting to host your own talk show. Is that true?</b> I have my own talk show. It'll be [a] weekly, half-hour [show] on the Biography network of A&E, and I'll be talking to people -- in the beginning, celebrities, so that people will tune in, but eventually it'll be somebody's raw nerve that I might be able to talk about. That's the title: 'Raw Nerve.'
8 Questions With: William Shatner
<b>8. Fans still talk about your famous 'Get a life' Trekkie skit from <A HREF='http://television.aol.com/show/saturday-night-live/62573/main' target='_blank'><FONT COLOR='#2864B4'>'Saturday Night Live.'</font></a> If you hosted the show again, would there be a sequel to that skit?</b> Oh, I think we can move on from there.
