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" What we are as actors, for better and for worse, is visible. "

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" I haven't really thought about where to scatter my ashes when the time comes, but I doubt that it would be in space. "

" 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. "

" 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?' "

" 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. "

" After 'Quantum Leap,' a lot of sci-fi things came my way, and I had to say, 'I can't do that right now.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The further away you can get away from yourself as an actor, the more fun you have. "

" 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. "

" The movies are about big tent pole movies and big action and effects. "

" 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. "

" I get nervous even guesting on other people's shows. "

" 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. "

" I am very much against weapons in space. And I wish we could be spearheading that program to come to some kind of international agreement so that doesn't happen. That is my only - fear - in further space exploration like always, we hope it doesn't get abused. "

" I like pop, rock n' roll, big band, Broadway - I like all those elements. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" '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. "

" 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. "

" Liberace was a miracle. You talk about who he was and what he did, and then you look at who he inspired, from Elton John to Cher to Michael Jackson to Bette Midler. There are so many people that came to see him. Elvis was there, watching his shows. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" These sci-fi fans are phenomenal in the standards that they hold you to. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I've always been told I had an old face. So when I was in my 20s, I never got to play a teenager. "

" 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. "