Willam Shatner advises McGill grads

William Shatner not only got an honorary doctor of letters degree from his alma mater, McGill University, on Thursday, he also addressed 500 graduating students.

The Montreal Gazette reports that Shatner "won the students over with his witty, tongue-in-cheek commencement address and charmed the Montreal media with his sharp, wise-cracking comments ..."

"This was an easy degree to get!" said Shatner, 80.

The Montreal-born actor told the students that he graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree, but discovered his talent was in making people laugh and entertaining them, not in accounting or math. He also advised students not to be scared of taking chances or failing.

"Don't be afraid of making an ass of yourself," he said. "I do it all the time and look what I got."

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