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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
Brother
Always
Lawyer
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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
Done
People
My Life
" 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
" My kids are good athletes and runners. They run in a bunch of sports. "
Scott Bakula
Athletes
Bunch
Sports
" 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. "
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You
Imagination
Mind
" The 'NCIS' franchise is beyond successful. "
Scott Bakula
Successful
Beyond
Franchise
" 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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Night
Growing Up
Know
" My daughter, when she was younger, was crazy about 'The X-Files,' so I'd watch that with her. "
Scott Bakula
Watch
About
Crazy
" 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
Show
Years
Me
" 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
New
You
Thought
" These sci-fi fans are phenomenal in the standards that they hold you to. "
Scott Bakula
Fans
Standards
You
" 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
Never
Star
Original
" The movies are about big tent pole movies and big action and effects. "
Scott Bakula
Tent
About
Action
" 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
" 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
Show
Year
Done
" 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 actually cut out of 'L.A. Story'... and rightfully so. "
Scott Bakula
Out
Story
Actually
" 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
Quantum
Now
Say
" 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
Time
Story
Music
" What we are as actors, for better and for worse, is visible. "
Scott Bakula
Better
Worse
Visible
" 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
Great
Thinking
Stress
" 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
Like
Little
Play
" Ideally, people find mates with whom they can express both their masculine and feminine sides. "
Scott Bakula
Sides
Mates
Masculine
" 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. "
Scott Bakula
Like
Feel
Always
" 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
First
Chance
First Love
" 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
Proud
Places
Say
" 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
" 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. "
Scott Bakula
Opportunities
Love
Theatre
" 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
" If you're a fan of Shirley MacLaine just like I am, I'd kinda go anywhere to work with her. "
Scott Bakula
Go
You
Work
" '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
Success
Work
Nature