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
examine
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.
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.
phenomenal
These sci-fi fans are phenomenal in the standards that they hold you to.
park shoot shot
I've shot a lot of places, and I've produced. I always thought, 'Gosh, when you shoot in a big city, it's so difficult.' And New York, I always think, 'Where are you going to park the trucks? How are you going to stop the traffic?'
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.
kinda shirley work
If you're a fan of Shirley MacLaine just like I am, I'd kinda go anywhere to work with her.
degrees grew louis middle weeks
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.
human humbling people places seen shows
It's a joyful, humbling feeling to be in different places around the planet, and people have seen shows that I'm proud of being a part of, that do have things to say about the human condition, the planet, and who we are and where we've come from, that will sustain.
episodes except wildly
By all standards, except for 'Star Trek' standards, 98 episodes of any television show is a wildly successful run.
cbs good introduced
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.
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.
masculine-and-feminine two-sides people
Ideally, people find mates with whom they can express both their masculine and feminine sides.
loyalty lying priorities
The biggest challenge for everybody to realize out there is that we're in a very complicated business world and that were all under one umbrella and it's very challenging for everybody to figure out where the priorities lie and where the loyalties lie
always-trying downtime stage
I try to get on stage whenever I can. I'm always trying to be involved in the theater, doing something on stage, whenever I have downtime. I'm always looking for it.