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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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Crazy
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" The great thing about show business is that there's no mandatory retirement age. "
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Retirement
" My oldest son started to like 'South Park' and 'Family Guy,' so we'd watch together so I could spend time with him. "
Scott Bakula
Park
Together
Time
" 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. "
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People
My Life
" What we are as actors, for better and for worse, is visible. "
Scott Bakula
Better
Worse
Visible
" 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
" 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. "
Scott Bakula
Things
You
Stand
" 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. "
Scott Bakula
Hot
Favorite
Running
" I was actually cut out of 'L.A. Story'... and rightfully so. "
Scott Bakula
Out
Story
Actually
" Ideally, people find mates with whom they can express both their masculine and feminine sides. "
Scott Bakula
Sides
Mates
Masculine
" 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'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
Tried
Stage
Avoid
" Well, I'm... first and foremost I'm a theater guy and everything that I know comes from the theater. "
Scott Bakula
First
Everything
Well
" 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
" 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
" 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
Got
Always
Play
" 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
Different
Genius
Gifted
" '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
" 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 further away you can get away from yourself as an actor, the more fun you have. "
Scott Bakula
Fun
Actor
Yourself
" 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
" 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
You
Time
Think
" 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. "
Scott Bakula
Shoe
Day
Home
" 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
" A lot of people don't know that I'm a singer - that's my thing, really. "
Scott Bakula
People
Know
Lot
" 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
Day
Time Travel
Time
" 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
" 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
" '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
Play
Behind
Small
" 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