One of the advantages of being a captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it.

Early life and education
Shatner was born on March 22 1931 in the Côte Saint-Luc neighborhood of Montreal Quebec Canada the son of Anne (née Garmaise) and Joseph Shatner a clothing manufacturer. In 2000 a Reuters story reported that Shatner was planning to write and direct The Shiva Club a dark comedy about the grieving process inspired by his wife's death. Speaking to the press shortly after his wife's death a clearly shaken and emotional Shatner said that William Shatner "meant everything" to him and called her his "beautiful soulmate.

Hooker from 1982 to 1986. He has also authored a series of science fiction novels called TekWar that were adapted for television. Kirk captain of the USS Enterprise in the science fiction television series Star Trek from 1966 to 1969; Star Trek: The Animated Series from 1973 to 1974; and in seven of the subsequent Star Trek feature films from 1979 to 1994.