My Name Is William Shatner, And I

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This Is My Saddest Story: In Grade School, They Would Have Us Open Our Valentine's Cards And Read Them Out Loud. I Always Sent Cards To Myself Because Nobody Else Did.

I Envy The People Who Say, 'oh, Well, I've Got My Name In The Golden Book And I'm Going To Be Entered Into The Pearly Gates.'

I Did Some Professional Radio Acting As A Teenager, And I Essentially Put Myself Through College With Radio Acting In Montreal. When I Graduated, I Got Jobs In Professional Theatres, Repertory, And Stock Theatres In Canada For A Couple Of Years. And Then I Went To Stratford, Ontario, Where I Spent Three Years With A Shakespeare Company. We Took A Classical Play From Stratford To New York City, And I Got Some Good Notices There And Essentially Stayed And Did Live Television. And That Brings You To The Beginning Of Filming.

Things People Say Strike Me As Amusing, And I Am Prone To Saying Out Loud What Everybody's Thinking.