Scott Bakula

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

“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.”

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

“Well, I'm... first and foremost I'm a theater guy and everything that I know comes from the theater.”

“'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.”

“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.”

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

“I don't even know how many times I auditioned for Danny Zuko in 'Grease.'”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“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?'”