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
dream kids likes
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.
opportunity theatre done
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.
running stress thinking
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.
escaping joy becoming
When you get into any kind of period work, or any kind of prosthetic work, or anything that alters what your 8×10 looks like, it's the joy of escaping and becoming somebody else. And it is definitely freeing.
home reality shoes
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.
airports guy scripts
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.
honesty believe character
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.
The further away you can get away from yourself as an actor, the more fun you have.
course everybody 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.
audition coming guy picked plane
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.
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.
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.