Scott Bakula Quotes

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Scott Bakula

Profession : Actor

Birth : October 9, 1954

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.

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I'm constantly involved in theater, looking at theater, trying to do work in theater, support theater. And that's kind of my creative passion.

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

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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.

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

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To do something for other people when they need it most just feels good.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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The 'NCIS' franchise is beyond successful.

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

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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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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.

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

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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.

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

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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 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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