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
certainly commercial hour less putting stories time
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.
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My oldest son started to like 'South Park' and 'Family Guy,' so we'd watch together so I could spend time with him.
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.
My daughter, when she was younger, was crazy about 'The X-Files,' so I'd watch that with her.
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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.
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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.
feels good people
To do something for other people when they need it most just feels good.
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.
What we are as actors, for better and for worse, is visible.
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.