William Shatner Feels the Urgency and Awe of Aging

At 91, actor William Shatner still feels awe at life’s mysteries: “I probably say ‘wow’ more now than when I was a child.”

When the original “Star Trek” TV series was canceled after three seasons in 1969, William Shatner was newly divorced, saddled with alimony and child support payments and “totally broke.” He took jobs performing in summer stock and lived in his pickup truck with only his dog for companionship. “My life got desperate,” he admits in his latest memoir, “Boldly Go,” out next month.

At 91, Mr. Shatner has a rugged vitality, his charisma palpable on a video call from his home in Los Angeles. He attributes his longevity to his busyness. He rises early, spends most mornings on one of his horses and then gets to work. In the past year alone, he put out an album, starred in a documentary, hosted a couple of TV shows and made a trip to the edge of space on a rocket launched by Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin.

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