I think the challenge in hour television or half-hour television is that the more it's around, certainly on commercial television, the less time you have to tell stories these days, because the more commercials they're putting in.Scott Bakula
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I grew up in St. Louis, and I don't know if you've ever been to St. Louis in the middle of summer. There are days in the summer sometimes, weeks in the summer, where the temperature can be over 100 degrees and the humidity can be 100 percent.Scott Bakula
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I love 'White Christmas.' That's one of my favorites just because I love the music. I love the story, Bing Crosby. It's just one of my all time favorites. And it's hard to have a Christmas without seeing a little bit of Jimmy Stewart and angels running around town.Scott Bakula
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I haven't really thought about where to scatter my ashes when the time comes, but I doubt that it would be in space.Scott Bakula
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It's a joyful, humbling feeling to be in different places around the planet, and people have seen shows that I'm proud of being a part of, that do have things to say about the human condition, the planet, and who we are and where we've come from, that will sustain.Scott Bakula
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I am very much against weapons in space. And I wish we could be spearheading that program to come to some kind of international agreement so that doesn't happen. That is my only - fear - in further space exploration like always, we hope it doesn't get abused.Scott Bakula
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Well, I'm... first and foremost I'm a theater guy and everything that I know comes from the theater.Scott Bakula
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I don't think that a company should own a studio and the network, and program for their own network. It hurts the creativity - it is not a level playing field.Scott Bakula
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I've shot a lot of places, and I've produced. I always thought, 'Gosh, when you shoot in a big city, it's so difficult.' And New York, I always think, 'Where are you going to park the trucks? How are you going to stop the traffic?'Scott Bakula
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I've always been a big fan of time travel, and I'm very into the notion that some day we'll be able to do it. Beam me up!Scott Bakula
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I like fantasy. I've always been the kind of kid who likes to dream about other things I could be and exotic situations I could be in.Scott Bakula
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In the fantasy, sci-fi world, the fans are so discerning and they're so tough and they're so intelligent, and they're so critical.Scott Bakula
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I've always had an affinity for lawyers. My dad is a lawyer. He's retired now. My brother is a lawyer.Scott Bakula
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The longest show I've ever done was four and a half years, so I can only imagine what ending an eight year show is like.Scott Bakula
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My daughter, when she was younger, was crazy about 'The X-Files,' so I'd watch that with her.Scott Bakula
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If I can avoid looking at myself, I will. I don't care to examine myself or see much of what I do. I never care how I look.Scott Bakula
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I've composed a fair amount in my life, and some of them have made it on to the screen, some compositions that I've done, a few. And I like doing that. I had never really considered doing a full-length thing. I've worked with other people creating full-length pieces.Scott Bakula
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After 'Quantum Leap,' a lot of sci-fi things came my way, and I had to say, 'I can't do that right now.'Scott Bakula
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And I've always felt comfortable certainly in a courtroom because you're just performing. And there was a time in my life when I thought when I grew up I'd be a trial lawyer myself.Scott Bakula
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I'd really like to play bad guys or guys that have something a little bit off about them. And I get to do that periodically.Scott Bakula
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With any kind of sci-fi, the imagination continues, and the world exists, and you create that in your own mind, and it lives in you.Scott Bakula
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'Certainly Men of a Certain Age' was different for me and allowed people to see me in a different light. Maybe that opened up minds a little bit.Scott Bakula
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I've always had an affinity for lawyers. My dad is a lawyer. He's retired now. My brother is a lawyer. It's always been easy, the legalese.Scott Bakula
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Clive Barker is just genius, and he's incredibly gifted in so many different ways. He can write and direct and paint and do all these different things, and he can do them all extremely well.Scott Bakula
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'Behind The Candelabra' is an HBO movie. It's the Liberace story. Michael Douglass and Matt Damon. I play a small part in it. I play a choreographer who introduces, brings Matt Damon to Las Vegas for the first time.Scott Bakula
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I went into show business because I love to work with people, and what I enjoy most about acting is rehearsing and getting to know people and their talents, forming relationships. Working in this business, barriers drop and you get into people real quickly.Scott Bakula
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I'm a musical theater guy. That's where I came from. That's where I go whenever I have the chance. It's my first love.Scott Bakula
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Ideally, people find mates with whom they can express both their masculine and feminine sides.Scott Bakula
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I'm constantly involved in theater, looking at theater, trying to do work in theater, support theater. And that's kind of my creative passion.Scott Bakula
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I've always been told I had an old face. So when I was in my 20s, I never got to play a teenager.Scott Bakula
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By all standards, except for 'Star Trek' standards, 98 episodes of any television show is a wildly successful run.Scott Bakula
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My favorite thing about running is running when it's as hot as it can be, which is a little odd.Scott Bakula
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Years ago, I did a CBS audition. I was nervous. They introduced me as 'Scott Bakoola.' Not a good sign. I also didn't get the show.Scott Bakula
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'Quantum Leap' gave me a huge opportunity as an actor. The nature of the role and it's demands allowed people to perceive me as a versatile actor, and the wide success of the show around the planet gave me a certain notoriety that helped me get other work.Scott Bakula
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The end of shows are a nightmare for everybody because there is so much pressure to satisfy everyone, which of course you can't do.Scott Bakula
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I've done a lot of work other than sci-fi, and between half-hour comedy, stage, and various movie roles, I've really tried to avoid being typecast.Scott Bakula
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The biggest challenge for everybody to realize out there is that we're in a very complicated business world and that were all under one umbrella and it's very challenging for everybody to figure out where the priorities lie and where the loyalties lie.Scott Bakula
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Running for me has always been a great place to get away. It's a great stress reliever for me. It's great if I need to be working on something in my mind, whether it's things I need to be memorizing or thinking about, or I have some presentation coming up.Scott Bakula
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I was a huge fan of the original 'Star Trek,' and I'd never even dreamed that I would someday be captain of a starship.Scott Bakula
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You want to try and bring a character to life in an honest a way as you possibly can. It doesn't matter whether he's a doctor, an actor, a car salesman or a captain of a starship. If you can bring truth and honesty to that character, then your audience will believe you.Scott Bakula
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If you're a fan of Shirley MacLaine just like I am, I'd kinda go anywhere to work with her.Scott Bakula
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