William Shatner Quotes

I don't really know if I want to do acting as a career. I really don't know what I want to do yet.

I had been in a band in college. You kind of need to make a choice between going the music route or going the acting route. I chose acting, figuring I could always do the music on my own.

People have asked me, 'What would you have done if you hadn't gone into the Army?' I'd say I'd probably be a bus driver. I don't know.

My parents didn't want me to be an actor. They didn't think I could take the rejection, and I have to say they were probably right.

I've been in L.A., but I wasn't acting. I didn't know that I wanted to act, so I was in L.A. but working at a restaurant seven days a week and trying to figure out what I wanted to do and all that kind of stuff.

I was never really sure what I wanted to do - I'm in awe of these people who knew at age 10 or 12 they wanted to be a brain surgeon, and they did it, and they still are.

When I started Teach For America, I wasn't trying to come up with an idea that would change the world. I was trying to solve a problem much closer to home: I was a senior in college, and I had no idea what I was going to do with my life!

I was really into films when I was younger, but I feel like a bit of a phony sometimes - I started acting because I didn't know what else to do. I filled in all these university application forms and honestly didn't want to do any of the courses.

There were times when I wondered if I was doing the right thing, studying when I could have been going to auditions.

The idea of being in a television series is a wonderful one to be considered, but you want to make sure it's the right thing for you because if you are fortunate enough to have something go for a long term, you want to make sure that it's something that you really want to be spending a bulk of your time on.

I was very unsure about what I wanted to do in high school.

I don't know what I want to be when I grow up. It's funny - people ask me that, and I don't know what to tell them.

I don't always trust my own instincts. It would be nice if someone else would tell me what I should do with my life!

I remember my brother Nash had just directed me in 'The Square,' and I was sitting in Australia going: 'No one's called me about working for ages. I don't know if I'm ever going to get another job.'

I don't really know why I went to law school.

I went through a period of pulling away from everything - acting, people - not sure if I would ever have a voice in this business.

I was really conflicted. I had always planned to help the world. Instead, I was going to become an actress? That seemed like such a selfish thing to do.

I used to think that I wanted to be a hat maker, but I don't think that would have worked out.

I never really committed to being an actor. It never felt like it would be possible, I guess.

I feel like I go in on a lot of things that I want to be going in for.

I didn't know whether to join the army or go to art college.

I'm not ready to decide if modeling is what I want to do with my life.

Until I'm actually stood on the set doing the job, I always keep my options open.

I'm 30; I don't have any commitments, and there are great parts out there that I want to play.

Don't put one foot in your job and the other in your dream, Ed. Go ahead and quit, or resign yourself to this life. It's just too much of a temptation for fate to split you right up the middle before you've made up your mind which way to go.