I had lunch with Shatner at the Beverly Hills Four Seasons hotel about 20 years ago. Was arranged by a mutual friend. I was in development with Warner Brothers on a dramatic TV series I'd written, and was interested in meeting Shatner to gauge his interest in starring. The show would feature fast cars as part of the storyline.
He was a nice and polite guy, and showed interest in the project. The funny part was when he tried to make a phone call from the table, to his assistant Robin. Cell service, back then, was crappy in BH and the call kept dropping.
He finally got up from the table and, flip phone in hand (held out exactly like a Star Trek communicator) was walking around the restaurant repeatedly saying "Robin, come in. Robin, do you read me?" It was classic. Almost as good as if he'd asked her to beam him up.
The TV series never got made, and that was the first and last time I saw Shatner. He was more interested in talking about his horses than he was in anything to do with cars. But, like I said, he was a nice guy.