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" 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
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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. "
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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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" 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. "
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" After 'Quantum Leap,' a lot of sci-fi things came my way, and I had to say, 'I can't do that right now.' "
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" 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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" The great thing about show business is that there's no mandatory retirement age. "
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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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" I grew up in St. Louis, and I don't know if you've ever been to St. Louis in the middle of summer. There are days in the summer sometimes, weeks in the summer, where the temperature can be over 100 degrees and the humidity can be 100 percent. "
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" If you're a fan of Shirley MacLaine just like I am, I'd kinda go anywhere to work with her. "
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Go
You
Work
" These sci-fi fans are phenomenal in the standards that they hold you to. "
Scott Bakula
Fans
Standards
You
" 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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" To be quite honest, 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. "
Scott Bakula
Hair
Behavior
Play
" '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. "
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Behind
Small
" 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. "
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Like
Little
Play
" By all standards, except for 'Star Trek' standards, 98 episodes of any television show is a wildly successful run. "
Scott Bakula
Run
Show
Successful
" 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
" My kids are good athletes and runners. They run in a bunch of sports. "
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Bunch
Sports
" 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
" 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 further away you can get away from yourself as an actor, the more fun you have. "
Scott Bakula
Fun
Actor
Yourself
" A lot of people don't know that I'm a singer - that's my thing, really. "
Scott Bakula
People
Know
Lot
" 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
" 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
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Know
" 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
" 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
" 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. "
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Challenge
World
Realize
" 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
" 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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Things
You
Stand
" 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. "
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You
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