William Shatner recently weighed in on his decision to release a documentary about his life, titled You Can Call Me Bill.
“I’ve turned down a lot of offers to do documentaries before. But I don’t have much time to live,” Shatner admitted in an interview. Fox Digital.
“Whether I’m talking to you or 10 years from now, my time is limited, so it’s very important. My grandchildren. This documentary is a way for me to reach after I die.
The upcoming documentary, You Can Call Me Bill, offers some insights into the star’s nine decades in film.
During the chat he also addressed the lessons he’s learned since his release, claiming, “I’m trying to discover something that I’ve never said or said before. Looking for a way to what I said before. A different way so that I can explore this fact further.
“Sadly, the older a man gets, the wiser he becomes, and then he dies with all that knowledge.”
“When Leonard Nimoy died a few years ago, his funeral was on a Sunday. His death was very sudden, and I committed myself to going to Mar-a-Lago to raise funds for the Red Cross. I was one of the celebrity fundraisers… I chose to keep my promise and go to Mar-a-Lago instead of the funeral.
The main reason is, “People ask about legacies. There’s no legacies. Statues are torn down. Cemeteries are vandalized. Headstones are knocked over. Nobody remembers anybody. Danny Who remembers Kaye or Cary Grant? They were great stars. But they’re gone and nobody cares. But what lives on, are good deeds. If you do a good deed, it’s time. reverberates to the end. It’s a butterfly effect thing.”