Scott Bakula Quotes

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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.

  Scott Bakula

  Honesty, Believe, Character

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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.

  Scott Bakula

  Issues, People, Different

  "Scott Bakula Talks Behind The Candelabra, Working with Steven Soderbergh, Why the Film Landed at HBO, Basmati Blues, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. May 26, 2013.

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

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  People, Singers, Knows

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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.

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  Fun, People, Acting

  "Scott Bakula Talks BEHIND THE CANDELABRA, Working with Steven Soderbergh, Why the Film Landed at HBO, BASMATI BLUES, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. May 26, 2013.

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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.

  Scott Bakula

  Growing Up, Kids, Opportunity

  "Scott Bakula Talks BEHIND THE CANDELABRA, Working with Steven Soderbergh, Why the Film Landed at HBO, BASMATI BLUES, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. May 26, 2013.

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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.

  Scott Bakula

  Character, Doors, People

  "Scott Bakula Talks BEHIND THE CANDELABRA, Working with Steven Soderbergh, Why the Film Landed at HBO, BASMATI BLUES, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. May 26, 2013.

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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.

  Scott Bakula

  Home, Reality, Shoes

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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!

  Scott Bakula

  Fans, Able, Time Travel

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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.

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  Airports, Guy, Scripts

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

  Scott Bakula

  Married, Shows, Show Business

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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.

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  Escaping, Joy, Looks

  "Scott Bakula Talks Behind The Candelabra, Working with Steven Soderbergh, Why the Film Landed at HBO, Basmati Blues, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. May 26, 2013.

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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.

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  Hair, Play, Different

  "Scott Bakula Talks Behind The Candelabra, Working with Steven Soderbergh, Why the Film Landed at HBO, Basmati Blues, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. May 26, 2013.

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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.

  Scott Bakula

  Ideas, People, Feelings

  "Scott Bakula Talks Behind The Candelabra, Working with Steven Soderbergh, Why the Film Landed at HBO, Basmati Blues, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. May 26, 2013.

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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.

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  Trying, Television, Stuff

  "Scott Bakula Talks BEHIND THE CANDELABRA, Working with Steven Soderbergh, Why the Film Landed at HBO, BASMATI BLUES, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. May 26, 2013.

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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.

  Scott Bakula

  Always Trying, Downtime, Theater

  "Scott Bakula Talks BEHIND THE CANDELABRA, Working with Steven Soderbergh, Why the Film Landed at HBO, BASMATI BLUES, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. May 26, 2013.

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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.

  Scott Bakula

  Fashion, Faces, Messages

  "Scott Bakula Talks Behind The Candelabra, Working with Steven Soderbergh, Why the Film Landed at HBO, Basmati Blues, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. May 26, 2013.

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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.

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  People, Acting, Cherish

  Source: collider.com

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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.

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  Running, Stress, Thinking

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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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  Opportunity, Theatre, Done

  Interview with Marissa Charles, metro.co.uk. October 27, 2009.

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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.

  Scott Bakula

  Growing Up, Sunday, Night

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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.

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  Space, Doubt, Would Be

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• I am very much against weapons in space.

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  Space, Weapons

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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.

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  Intelligent, Fans, World

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

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  Brother, Dad, Lawyer

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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

  Scott Bakula

  Hurt, Creativity, Thinking

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