Quotes from Scott Bakula

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

My favorite thing about running is running when it's as hot as it can be, which is a little odd.

'Certainly Men of a Certain Age' was different for me and allowed people to see me in a different light. Maybe that opened up minds a little bit.

The great thing about show business is that there's no mandatory retirement age

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.

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.

'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'm constantly involved in theater, looking at theater, trying to do work in theater, support theater. And that's kind of my creative passion.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.