Scott Bakula
Scott Bakula
Scott Stewart Bakula is an American actor best known for his lead roles in two science-fiction television series: as Sam Beckett on Quantum Leap, and as Captain Jonathan Archer on Star Trek: Enterprise...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth9 October 1954
CitySt. Louis, MO
CountryUnited States of America
kinda shirley work
If you're a fan of Shirley MacLaine just like I am, I'd kinda go anywhere to work with her.
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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.
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'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.
avoid tried various work
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.
amount composed considered life people worked
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.
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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?'
creates divide industry
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.
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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.
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'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.
movies pole tent
The movies are about big tent pole movies and big action and effects.
I've always been told I had an old face. So when I was in my 20s, I never got to play a teenager.
bad
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.
eight four half longest
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.
examine
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.