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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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.
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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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'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.
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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.
create imagination lives
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.
feels good people
To do something for other people when they need it most just feels good.
What we are as actors, for better and for worse, is visible.
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My kids are good athletes and runners. They run in a bunch of sports.
running
My favorite thing about running is running when it's as hot as it can be, which is a little odd.
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My feeling is that the networks, they have a lot of people that spend a lot of time and energy looking at the Nielsen ratings.
clear hardest issues
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.
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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.
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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.