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Before he jets up to Toronto, we caught up with Shatner to talk about living long, prospering and more.

Every time we talk, you’ve always got lots on the horizon. So what’s in the pipeline for you?

(Laughs) Right now there’s a country music album called Why Not Me? that’s getting great reviews. Yesterday, I shot a music video for a Christmas album that I have coming out called Shatner Claus. And I have a book coming out next month titled Live Long And …

The last time I spoke to you, you mentioned the book. What was your reason for wanting to write that?

The reason for writing the book is, at the back of my mind, I’m always thinking about what my kids and grandkids are going to remember about me. So I’m jotting down these things to give them some guidance as to who I was and what I was about.

What was the best piece of advice you ever got?

That’s an interesting question. There was the cop who told me once, ‘Don’t speed,’ and there was a financial adviser who encouraged me to sell Priceline (stock). But the best piece of advice… you know one of the themes of my book is, how can you advise anybody about anything? All you can do, and maybe I’ve done this in my own life, is to say to people, ‘This is what I did when I was in a similar situation to you, and this is what worked or didn’t work for me.’

Because the book is called Live Long And … do you have any advice for people that will help them live long and prosper?

Yes, get yourself a good pair of jeans.