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Scott Bakula is an American actor best known for his role as Captain James T. Kirk in the television series 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'. He began his acting career in the 1970s and has enjoyed success in various genres.

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“When I used to do tours, I'd be anxious and nervous on the plane returning to New York. I now realize the reaction was because I was coming back unemployed. Actors are constantly being put to the test.”

Used Actors Realizing New York Tests Reactions Nervous Planes Anxious Coming Back Unemployed

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“I am very much against weapons in space.”

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“I havent really thought about where to scatter my ashes when the time comes, but I doubt that it would be in space.”

Would Be Space Doubt Ashes

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“Sunday night was such a big night for television when I was growing up - you know, The Wonderful World of Disney.”

Knows World Bigs Night Growing Up Growing Wonderful Television Sunday Wonderful World Sunday Night

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“I've done great theatre, great films and had a lot of opportunities in television. I also love to sing, and I've been able to do that once or twice in the television shows.”

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“Running for me has always been a great place to get away. It's a great stress reliever for me. It's great if I need to be working on something in my mind, whether it's things I need to be memorizing or thinking about, or I have some presentation coming up.”

Ifs Thinking Needs Mind Running Stress Get Away Presentation Memorizing Stress Reliever

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“The longer you are in acting business, the more you cherish the times when you're working with people that do great work, and can figure out how to enjoy themselves while they're doing the great work.”

People Enjoy Acting Figures Cherish Great Work

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“It's always great to be involved in something that's not in an in-your-face fashion, but has a message that goes out guised as entertainment.”

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“Lots of people still live with fears about anything. It can be lots of different things. 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.”

People Stills Different Issues Clear Who You Are Hardest Things To Do Different Things Hardest Thing Hardest Thing To Do

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“The reason why most of actors got into acting was so that we could become other people and have fun with being somebody else.”

People Reason Actors Fun Acting Having Fun Reason Why

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“When you get into any kind of period work, or any kind of prosthetic work, or anything that alters what your 8×10 looks like, it's the joy of escaping and becoming somebody else. And it is definitely freeing.”

Looks Kind Joy Becoming Periods Escaping Prosthetics

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“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.”

Different Play Hair Periods Easier Behavior Eras Wardrobe

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“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. Those ideas are universal and they work in any language.”

People Humans Ideas Different Shows Feelings Language Conditions Planets Proud Universal Who We Are Human Condition Joyful Different Place Humbling

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“I wanted to be an actor because it gave me the opportunity to express myself in ways I wasn't comfortable expressing myself, as a kid growing up in St. Louis.”

Way Kids Wanted Actors Opportunity Growing Up Growing Comfortable Kids Growing Up

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“Being an actor opened doors for me to explore my emotions as different people and characters, and expand my own inner soul.”

People Different Soul Character Actors My Own Emotion Doors Different Peoples Opened Doors

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“I never intended to be on television or in a movie. The theater was all I ever dreamed about, once I decided to try to make it as a business profession. All this other stuff has just been icing.”

Trying Stuff Television Decided Theater Profession Icing

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“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.”

Trying I Can Stage Involved Theater Always Trying Downtime

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“The reality of our business is that for every actor who's rolled up his tent and given up and gone home, the next day you hear about some shoe salesman at Macy's who had this audition and now he's Harrison Ford. There's always that carrot out there in our business.”

Home Reality Next Actors Given Gone Shoes Auditions Next Day Given Up Salesman Tents Carrots Macy's

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“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.”

Firsts Shows Guy Scripts Selling Planes Auditions Airports

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“Ideally, people find mates with whom they can express both their masculine and feminine sides.”

People Sides Feminine Mates Masculine Two Sides Masculine And Feminine

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“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.”

World Fantasy Fans Tough Intelligent Critical Sci Fi Discerning

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“Ive always had an affinity for lawyers. My dad is a lawyer. Hes retired now. My brother is a lawyer.”

Brother Dad My Dad Lawyer My Brother Retired Affinity

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“You want to try and bring a character to life in an honest a way as you possibly can. It doesn't matter whether he's a doctor, an actor, a car salesman or a captain of a starship. If you can bring truth and honesty to that character, then your audience will believe you.”

Ifs Way Want Trying Believe Matter Character Actors Audience Honest Car Honesty Doctors Captains Salesman Truth And Honesty Car Salesman

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“I don't think that a company should own a studio and the network, and program for their own network. It hurts the creativity - it is not a level playing field”

Thinking Should Hurt Levels Company Creativity Fields Program Studios It Hurts Playing Fields Level Playing Field

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“I went into show business because I love to work with people, and what I enjoy most about acting is rehearsing and getting to know people and their talents, forming relationships. Working in this business, barriers drop and you get into people real quickly”

People Knows Real Shows Enjoy Acting Talent Barriers Real Love Show Business Rehearsing

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“I am very much against weapons in space. And I wish we could be spearheading that program to come to some kind of international agreement so that doesn't happen. That is my only - fear - in further space exploration like always, we hope it doesn't get abused”

Kind Happens Wish Space Weapons Program International Agreement Exploration Space Exploration

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“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”

World Lying Realizing Challenges Figures Complicated Loyalty Priorities Umbrella Business World

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“On the whole, show business is a hard business in which to be married”

Hard Whole Shows Married Show Business Being Married

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“I've always been a big fan of time travel, and I'm very into the notion that some day we'll be able to do it. Beam me up!”

Bigs Able Fans Notion Time Travel Beam

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“The great thing about show business is that there's no mandatory retirement age”

Shows Age Great Things Retirement Show Business Retirement Age

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“In many respects, I think a lot of businessmen have become highly insensitive to the world, the environment, to everything around them. What are they doing with the millions and millions of dollars they're making? Why don't they give anything back? That, to me, is the height of insensitivity.”

Thinking World Giving Millions Environment Dollars Height Businessman Insensitive Insensitivity

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“A lot of people don't know that I'm a singer - that's my thing, really.”

People Knows Singers

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“I like fantasy. I've always been the kind of kid who likes to dream about other things I could be and exotic situations I could be in.”

Kind Dream Kids Situation Fantasy Likes Exotic

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“I was a huge fan of the original Star Trek, and I'd never even dreamed that I would someday be captain of a starship...”

Stars Fans Huge Originals Someday Captains Original Star Trek

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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.”

Trying Kind Passion Support Creative Involved Theater Creative Passion

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“Well, I'm... first and foremost I'm a theater guy and everything that I know comes from the theater.”

Knows Firsts Wells Guy Theater

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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.”

Felt Grew Comfortable Grew Up Lawyer Trials Performing Courtroom Trial Lawyers

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About the Author

Born: October 9, 1954
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 37

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