William Shatner Talks to AARP About Star Trek’s 50th Anniversary

William Shatner spoke to AARP The Magazine’s Bill Newcott about the 50th anniversary of “Star Trek.” My favorite quote:

I was making a documentary, and I needed an airplane. So I cold-called an executive at the Canadian airplane manufacturer Bombardier and asked to borrow one. He said, “Sure! I became an aeronautical engineer because of you. This is my payback.”

More for Trekkies: check out The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek: The First 25 Years

And don’t forget the wonderful documentary “Trekkies” and the sequel.