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

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.

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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!

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The guy that picked me up at the airport in 1985 when I was out in L.A. for my first audition was selling a script. I was a nobody coming off a plane to read for a new show.

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I try to get on stage whenever I can. I'm always trying to be involved in the theater, doing something on stage, whenever I have downtime. I'm always looking for it.

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On the whole, show business is a hard business in which to be married

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When you get into any kind of period work, or any kind of prosthetic work, or anything that alters what your 8×10 looks like, it's the joy of escaping and becoming somebody else. And it is definitely freeing.

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A lot of people don't know that I'm a singer - that's my thing, really.

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It's always great to be involved in something that's not in an in-your-face fashion, but has a message that goes out guised as entertainment.

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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.

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grew lawyer trials

When I used to do tours, I'd be anxious and nervous on the plane returning to New York. I now realize the reaction was because I was coming back unemployed. Actors are constantly being put to the test.

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tests actors new-york

I am very much against weapons in space.

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space weapons

Lots of people still live with fears about anything. It can be lots of different things. One of the hardest things to do is to be present and open and clear about who you are and what you stand for. We all have issues with that.

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issues different people

I havent really thought about where to scatter my ashes when the time comes, but I doubt that it would be in space.

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space would-be doubt

Sunday night was such a big night for television when I was growing up - you know, The Wonderful World of Disney.

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growing-up sunday night

I've done great theatre, great films and had a lot of opportunities in television. I also love to sing, and I've been able to do that once or twice in the television shows.

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The reason why most of actors got into acting was so that we could become other people and have fun with being somebody else.

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acting fun people

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.

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The reality of our business is that for every actor who's rolled up his tent and given up and gone home, the next day you hear about some shoe salesman at Macy's who had this audition and now he's Harrison Ford. There's always that carrot out there in our business.

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Well, I'm... first and foremost I'm a theater guy and everything that I know comes from the theater.

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theater guy firsts

I find that it's easier to do parts that are wrapped up in different hair and wardrobe and eras, and different period behavior, than it is to play closer to the present.

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