Sir Patrick Stewart delivers stirring ode to hardware stores

"When I stand in front of a hardware store like this, this is all I want."
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Sir Patrick Stewart delivers stirring ode to hardware stores
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 12: Patrick Stewart attends AOL Build Presents "Blunt Talk" at AOL Studios in New York on August 12, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Jenny Anderson/WireImage) Credit: Jenny Anderson/WireImage/getty images

Sir Patrick Stewart is 75 years old, X-Men's Professor X, Star Trek's Captain Jean-Luc Picard and he has been knighted by the Queen of England. But that doesn't mean he can't enjoy the simpler things in life.

Stewart's latest window-shopping trip to a hardware store called Websters was such an emotional, euphoric experience for him that he couldn't resist filming it and sharing it to Twitter.

The veteran actor's extreme feelings about hardware stores manifest as a Shakespearean-sounding speech full of poetic, powerful language.


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"When I stand in front of a hardware store like this, this is all I want," he says into the camera with the intensity of Macbeth.

"If I could buy this store, and just have it in my backyard forever, I would be so happy."

Sir, we think you can afford to do that.

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Sophie was a Viral Content Intern for the Watercooler channel. More writing and other stuff by Sophie can be found at www.sophiehirsh.com.

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