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Chargement... Up Till Now (2008)par William Shatner, David Fisher
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I really liked this. Bill seems to really open up. Of course, he's going to put his own spin on his own life, and you either like him or you don't. Either way, this is extreme Shatner, especially if you listen to the audio edition. ( ) What did I think? I thought it was boring. I had high hopes of some Capt Kirk insights or some Denny Crane odd-ball humor or some scoop on James Spader or Leonard Nimoy. But no. It was ..... boring. It read like a resume of his career and it's been a full career. I swear he's appeared in every TV show, every play, every C movie! So the reader gets a list of programs, complete with synopsis and maybe, if you're lucky, an anecdote or two. The chapters are interspersed with 'commercials' referring you to his website where any number of Shatner things are available for purchase. (this IS done with tongue-in-cheek, but ultimate does send you to his website) There were a few gems of thoughtful quotes scattered here and there: "I’ve come to realize that among those things I most value about life is the joy of discovery. Whether it’s the taste of food or wine, the taste of friendship, of the woman I love, of an adventure, or the taste of the thrill – all are wonderful tastes of life. I know that the people who live the longest and the richest lives are looking ahead and not behind. So I immerse myself in new experiences; I dive as often as possible into the river of life. I don’t understand the concept of retirement. It’s not a bad thing to savor your memories, it can be wonderful and warming, but not at the cost of losing your excitement about the future." I happen to really like this quote and the feeling behind it. More people should embrace this philosophy! I read this for the 'autobiography' category of my 2015 reading challenge and wouldn't recommend it unless you *REALLY* want to know every show/play he's ever appeared in! :) I wasn't quite sure if I would like this or not, since Star Trek is one of my favorite shows. But Shatner does a good job in reading the book. I am somewhat surprised that he only mentioned in passing the monumental problems that were supposed to have taken place when the Star Trek TV series was being filmed. It is common knowledge that there were many instances of the other cast members hating and despising Shatner during this time for things that were real and possibly imagined. But I digress. This is not his first rodeo into this type of book, so he may well have addressed it in a previous work. I do not know. I must say that this is an enjoyable trek through his life as he goes from barely making ends meet when he first started acting to being quite well off once we get past Star Trek the series and into more lucrative roles. Plus it goes into his marriages and all the pitfalls of some of the wives he has had over time. Definitely worth the time to read or listen to. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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HTML: After almost sixty years as an actor, William Shatner has become one of the most beloved entertainers in the world. And it seems as if Shatner is everywhere. In Up Till Now, Shatner sits down with readers and offers the remarkable, full story of his life and explains how he got to be, well, everywhere. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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