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" 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
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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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Car
Character
" The great thing about show business is that there's no mandatory retirement age. "
Scott Bakula
Age
Great
Retirement
" 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
" 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'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
" 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 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
" I get nervous even guesting on other people's shows. "
Scott Bakula
Shows
Get
People
" My daughter, when she was younger, was crazy about 'The X-Files,' so I'd watch that with her. "
Scott Bakula
Watch
About
Crazy
" 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
" 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
" 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
" The further away you can get away from yourself as an actor, the more fun you have. "
Scott Bakula
Fun
Actor
Yourself
" 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
" 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 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
" 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
Myself
Time
Thought
" Ideally, people find mates with whom they can express both their masculine and feminine sides. "
Scott Bakula
Sides
Mates
Masculine
" The movies are about big tent pole movies and big action and effects. "
Scott Bakula
Tent
About
Action
" 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
" New Orleans has a unique history as a great melting pot of all kinds of cultures, and that manifests itself now through the food, the music, and the kinds of people who live there. "
Scott Bakula
History
Now
Music
" 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
Always
Fantasy
Kid
" For a long-running TV show, you're looking for a character who is interesting and vibrant and you can imagine going into all kinds of different areas. "
Scott Bakula
You
Interesting
Looking
" 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
" A lot of people don't know that I'm a singer - that's my thing, really. "
Scott Bakula
People
Know
Lot
" I was actually cut out of 'L.A. Story'... and rightfully so. "
Scott Bakula
Out
Story
Actually
" 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
" 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'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