Quotes from Scott Bakula

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.

I was actually cut out of 'L.A. Story'... and rightfully so.

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.

On the whole, show business is a hard business in which to be married.

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.

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

I've always had an affinity for lawyers. My dad is a lawyer. He's retired now. My brother is a lawyer.

My kids are good athletes and runners. They run in a bunch of sports.

Sunday night was such a big night for television when I was growing up - you know, 'The Wonderful World of Disney.'

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.

My oldest son started to like 'South Park' and 'Family Guy,' so we'd watch together so I could spend time with him.

The guy that picked me up at the airport in 1985 when I was out in L.A. for my first audition was selling a script. I was a nobody coming off a plane to read for a new show.

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.

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.

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 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 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.

My daughter, when she was younger, was crazy about 'The X-Files,' so I'd watch that with her.

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.

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.

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

To do something for other people when they need it most just feels good.

Ideally, people find mates with whom they can express both their masculine and feminine sides.

'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.