Fast Chat: Enter William Shatner's 'World'

Yes, I'm tired.

I get the opportunity to do something different, extraordinary, challenging; it would be easy to say, "No, I won't do that." And I'm tempted many times to say, "Well, I think I'll lie down." But I know that when I get up from lying down, I'll regret having missed that opportunity to do that thing.

Unfortunately not ... I'll sit there and tell you stories about love and death and life and horses and comedy and humor, something about "Star Trek," something about music -- a variety of subjects, all of which I hope will entertain you.

No, I can't say that I remember some opportunity that was offered to me that I felt was exciting that I did not take. When I think of the word "regret," I think that's probably the saddest word of all in the English language, because there's nothing you can do about it. And other than that, you don't know what would have happened had you taken the other path.

One of the arcs of that documentary was my having that epiphany. Patrick Stewart made that statement, and as I thought about it, and I thought about the influence and the place in the culture that "Star Trek" has had, that indeed, if that were the only thing that I did that I should legitimately be proud of it.

But wait until I have my own fall, my own death -- maybe I'll have fireworks.

I doubt very much if I'll ever be Capt. Kirk again. And for the Negotiator to arise is a decision I can't make.

No. I know J.J., and we talk occasionally, but not about the movie. There is an inherent difficulty there. How do you put a guy on the screen who 45 years ago looked somewhat differently.

Over the years, numerous people have come to me and said, "I am what I am now because of you." Actually, a homeless guy said that to me. That took me down a bit.

No, the situation is even worse. ... The push to save the world in the next 30 years is not there, and it needs to be there. We're slowly, slowly coming around, but the vast majority of people are in such denial.

I think if I can get to play quarterback for the Colts, I might be able to take them to the Super Bowl. I'd like to try that.