Scott Bakula Quotes

I've always been a big fan of time travel, and I'm very into the notion that some day we'll be able to do it. Beam me up!

- Scott Bakula

Big, Always, Very, Big Fan

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

New, Through, Melting Pot, Pot

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.

- Scott Bakula

Everybody, Very, Figure, Umbrella

'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.

- Scott Bakula

Other, Role, Allowed, Versatile

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

- Scott Bakula

Say, Right, Had, Quantum

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.

- Scott Bakula

Human Condition, Part, About, Humbling

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.

- Scott Bakula

Think, Level, Studio, Level Playing Field

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.

- Scott Bakula

Love, Favorites, Crosby, None

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

City, Thought, Big, Big City

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

- Scott Bakula

Like, Could, South, South Park

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.

- Scott Bakula

Him, About, Elton John, Elton

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

- Scott Bakula

Standards, You, Sci-Fi, Phenomenal

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.

- Scott Bakula

Vibrant, Imagine, TV, Different Areas

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.

- Scott Bakula

Star, Captain, Original, Starship

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.

- Scott Bakula

Captain, Bring, Your, Starship

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.

- Scott Bakula

My Life, Doing, Some, Fair Amount

By all standards, except for 'Star Trek' standards, 98 episodes of any television show is a wildly successful run.

- Scott Bakula

Television, Star, Show, Episodes

Years ago, I did a CBS audition. I was nervous. They introduced me as 'Scott Bakoola.' Not a good sign. I also didn't get the show.

- Scott Bakula

Audition, Show, Sign, CBS

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

- Scott Bakula

How, Grease, Times, Danny

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.

- Scott Bakula

Sports, Soccer, Been, Runner

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.

- Scott Bakula

Some, Against, Very, International

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

- Scott Bakula

Sports, Run, Athletes, Runners

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.

- Scott Bakula

Next, Some, Tent, Shoe

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.

- Scott Bakula

Movie, Other, Movie Roles, Typecast

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

- Scott Bakula

Play, Always, Been, Teenager

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.

- Scott Bakula

Sometimes, Been, Weeks, Louis

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.

- Scott Bakula

Always, Other, Been, Exotic

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.

- Scott Bakula

So Many Different Ways, Different Things

'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.

- Scott Bakula

Small, Play, Behind, HBO

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.

- Scott Bakula

My Life, Always, Certainly, Courtroom

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

- Scott Bakula

Lawyers, Always, Dad, Lawyer

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.

- Scott Bakula

Lawyers, Always, Been, Lawyer

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.

- Scott Bakula

Love, Drop, Forming, Talents

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

Some, Away, Been, Memorizing

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

- Scott Bakula

Night, Television, Big, Disney

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

Play, Closer, Period, Eras

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

- Scott Bakula

Running, About, Which, Odd

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

Love, Chance, Musical, First Love

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

- Scott Bakula

Mates, Feminine, Masculine, Sides

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

- Scott Bakula

Big, Like, Broadway, Big Band

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

- Scott Bakula

Thought, Doubt, About, Ashes

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.

- Scott Bakula

Play, Bad, Like, Bad Guys

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

- Scott Bakula

Actor, More, Away, Further

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.

- Scott Bakula

World, Fantasy, Critical, Discerning

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

- Scott Bakula

She, Her, Younger, Daughter

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

- Scott Bakula

Business, Retirement Age, Great Thing

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.

- Scott Bakula

Mind, Kind, Lives, Exists

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

Everybody, Which, Satisfy, Nightmare

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.

- Scott Bakula

Think, Commercial, Certainly, Commercials

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.

- Scott Bakula

New, Audition, Plane, Script

'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.

- Scott Bakula

Maybe, Certainly, Allowed, Certain Age

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

Myself, Will, Examine, Avoid

If you're a fan of Shirley MacLaine just like I am, I'd kinda go anywhere to work with her.

- Scott Bakula

Work, Like, Shirley, Kinda

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.

- Scott Bakula

Love, Been, Films, Television Shows

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

Big, Always, Like, Divide

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

- Scott Bakula

Out, Cut, Actually, Rightfully

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

- Scott Bakula

Know, Well, Theater, Foremost

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

- Scott Bakula

Better, Worse, Visible

The 'NCIS' franchise is beyond successful.

- Scott Bakula

Successful, Beyond, Franchise

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.

- Scott Bakula

Imagine, Longest, Half, Eight

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

- Scott Bakula

Other, Shows, Even, Nervous

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

- Scott Bakula

Movies, Big, Effects, Tent

A lot of people don't know that I'm a singer - that's my thing, really.

- Scott Bakula

People, Know, Lot, Singer

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.

- Scott Bakula

Clear, Issues, About, Hardest

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

- Scott Bakula

Business, Show, Which, Show Business

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