Celebrity Travel: Go Away With William Shatner
Q. When you go away, what are some of your must-have items?
A. I need to shave 'cause I don't like the way my beard grows. So a really good razor and shaving cream that the airport people don't take away from you.
Q. Do you get special treatment at the airport because you're famous?
A. No! They always take my shaving cream, even though I bought it especially in the right size to bring in my carry-on. They pat me down harder. I've got a six pack and I'm very muscular and they can't believe that I would be. (Laughs.)
Q. What's the downside of traveling so much for work?
A. The lumpy mattresses. I wish I could get lots and lots of rest, but the mattresses are never good. So I end up at work exhausted. All these very expensive hotels think that the fluffier the bed, the better, and it's not! A sore back for me is indigenous to traveling.
Q. What is your best vacation memory?
A. I've taken my family away every Christmas over the last several years to Hawaii. Watching my family grow up year after year and seeing them go from being afraid of the ocean to swimming like fish is a very pleasurable memory.
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