By GustavoLeao / 07:19, 26 February 2011 / Star Trek: Nemesis

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CourierMail posted a new interview with Star Trek star William Shatner and here are excerpts from the article.

``The level of Star Trek is both earnest and ironic,'' he says. ``I think of Star Trek at its best as being really good and when I was at my best I was good in it.

``There were some - if not many - missteps but at its best it was really terrific.

``So I am both proud of it and at the same time I am aware that some people think it was a soap opera and the sets were cheap and the effects - I can't even call them computer effects - were awful by today's standards.

``When you think there are shows like The Twilight Zone that I did that were even worse in terms of effects, with a furry little man on a wing, but it still remains in the public domain and is very popular to this day.

``But were you to look at it through an objective eye, rather than suspension of disbelief, you would see a furry little man on a wing and an actor trying to pretend it's not. So when you suspend that disbelief - and if I have been helpful making the audience do that - and you are into the show and the entertainment then you don't even see the irony.''

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One place you won't likely see him is in the sequel to J.J. Abrams' hit reboot of the Star Trek movie franchise.

His old friend Leonard Nimoy played a key role as Spock in the last one, leaving Shatner a little miffed to be overlooked.

While he is certainly up for it, he has made it clear he's not really interested in a Captain Kirk cameo.

``I would be so interested in doing it, especially with that wonderful director J.J. Abrams, but I don't see how it's possible and maybe we all have gone beyond that,'' he says.

``But I have shot a wonderful documentary where I talk to all the captains of Star Trek and try to find a common denominator and in the meantime have some fun talking to them about them and their lives.''

The full interview is here.