Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Michael Garrett Shanksis a Canadian actor, writer and director best known for his role as Dr. Daniel Jackson in the long-running Canadian-American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1. More recently, Shanks has been playing Dr. Charles Harris on the Canadian medical drama, Saving Hope...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth15 December 1970
CityVancouver, Canada
CountryCanada
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I think the writing on the wall is definitely there this year that this is probably our last year.
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It would be certainly arrogant of me to claim that the show was not a good show without myself at the centre.
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I'd done a few jobs, but not much, and I'd come from a family that exercises caution when it comes to anything to do with job security.
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I couldn't be playing him for this long if I didn't like him.
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It's fun to play the character and then watch him later.
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By the end of last year we solved a lot of threads, and it's really good for this new way we're taking the show to really have these new people and these new energies, frankly.
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You know, if it doesn't work, we can always cut it.
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With network shows, writers can be so protective of every syllable.
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There was concern whether SCI FI would want the show back with all the recent changes. But now, the changes have made it feel fresh, like starting over.
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I find directing more satisfying.
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I gravitate towards anything that has a grain of comedy to it.
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We never thought the show would last this long.