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By GustavoLeao / 02:13, 5 September 2010 / General Star Trek
The New York Times posted an extensive interview with Star Trek star William Shatner and here are few excerpts.
"Nobody knew that Star Trek would be successful, in fact it wasn't," Shatner said. "It was only subsequently, as it was in syndication, that it became more popular. Then the movies began and the other iterations of Star Trek and conventions and all that took place; ten, fifteen, twenty years later. It's a phenomenon, nobody in their right mind ... now there may have been crazed soothsayer in some cave in the Yucatan, who said but Star Trek will be... but nobody listened to her, because nobody knew. I never thought it'd become a big deal, just thirteen episodes and out."
Regarding his fellow Star Trek co-stars, Shatner said. "I didn't think I was hard to get along with. There were a few disaffected actors who came in once a week. I had nothing to do with them. Friendly! I was working seven days a week, learning ten pages of dialogue a day. They had one line! Then after the show was canceled and the Star Trek phenomenon began, those actors would go to the conventions. They'd get applause, praise, and begin to think, Hey, I was wonderful, and Shatner stole the spotlight.'"
Much more from Shatner at the full interview at The New York Times
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