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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
See
I Can
Care
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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. "
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" On the whole, show business is a hard business in which to be married. "
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" 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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" I like pop, rock n' roll, big band, Broadway - I like all those elements. "
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" I was actually cut out of 'L.A. Story'... and rightfully so. "
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Actually
" 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?' "
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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. "
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You
" 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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Show
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" I don't even know how many times I auditioned for Danny Zuko in 'Grease.' "
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Even
Many
Know
" By all standards, except for 'Star Trek' standards, 98 episodes of any television show is a wildly successful run. "
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Run
Show
Successful
" For actors, we always feel like there shouldn't be any divide for anybody. The industry is the one that kind of creates the idea that if you're such-and-such an actor, you can't be on the big screen. "
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Like
Feel
Always
" Well, I'm... first and foremost I'm a theater guy and everything that I know comes from the theater. "
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First
Everything
Well
" 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
Playing
Company
Creativity
" 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. "
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Brother
Always
Lawyer
" The great thing about show business is that there's no mandatory retirement age. "
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Age
Great
Retirement
" 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
Challenge
World
Realize
" 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. "
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Never
Star
Original
" 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
Pressure
Because
End
" 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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Honesty
Car
Character
" My oldest son started to like 'South Park' and 'Family Guy,' so we'd watch together so I could spend time with him. "
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Park
Together
Time
" 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
Thought
Ashes
Space
" 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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Day
Time Travel
Time
" 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
Tough
Fantasy
World
" The further away you can get away from yourself as an actor, the more fun you have. "
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Fun
Actor
Yourself
" I'm a runner from sports. I've been a runner, but I wasn't a cross-country runner or anything like that. I played a lot of soccer growing up. "
Scott Bakula
Soccer
Growing Up
Growing
" My favorite thing about running is running when it's as hot as it can be, which is a little odd. "
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Favorite
Running
" 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. "
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Show
Years
Me
" 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. "
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Genius
Gifted
" The 'NCIS' franchise is beyond successful. "
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Successful
Beyond
Franchise
" 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
Trying
Passion
Creative