William Shatner said on Friday he'd love to reprise the role of Captain Kirk for Quentin Tarantino's possible Star Trek film project.

"Quentin Tarantino said something in the paper that somebody said to me, that he loved me. And Quentin, I love you. If you're going to do Star Trek, hey, 50 years later, a few pounds heavier, come on, not a problem," the 88-year-old star told Reuters at London's Film and Comic Con.

Asked if he'd be up for the role, he said: "Well I'd like to do it, whether I'd be up for it I don't know."

Shatner said he still gets nervous when fans tell them how much he means to them.

"Yeah you know there's a sense of awe when a person comes up and he's moved or she's moved to meet me. Half of me is saying I don't understand why and the other half of me is commiserating. I know my clay feet and don't want to disappoint them."