A lot of people don’t know that I’m a singer – that’s my thing, really.

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

I like pop, rock n’ roll, big band, Broadway – I like all those elements.

For a long-running TV show, you’re looking for a character who is interesting and vibrant and you can imagine going into all kinds of different areas.

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...

My kids are good athletes and runners. They run in a bunch of sports.

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...

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.

Well, I’m… first and foremost I’m a theater guy and everything that I know comes from the theater.

I was actually cut out of ‘L.A. Story’… and rightfully so.

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...

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

My oldest son started to like ‘South Park’ and ‘Family Guy,’ so we’d watch together so I could spend time with him.

To be quite honest, 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...

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.

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

I’d really like to play bad guys or guys that have something a little bit off about them. And I get to do that periodically.

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...

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...

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.

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

With any kind of sci-fi, the imagination continues, and the world exists, and you create that in your own mind, and it lives in you.

I’m a musical theater guy. That’s where I came from. That’s where I go whenever I have the chance. It’s my first love.

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...

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!

The ‘NCIS’ franchise is beyond successful.

After ‘Quantum Leap,’ a lot of sci-fi things came my way, and I had to say, ‘I can’t do that right now.’

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.

I’m a runner from sports. I’ve been a runner, but I wasn’t a cross-country runner or anything like that. I played a lot of soccer growing up.

I think the challenge in hour television or half-hour television is that the more it’s around, certainly on commercial television, the less time you have to tell stories these days, because the more commercials they’re...

I haven’t really thought about where to scatter my ashes when the time comes, but I doubt that it would be in space.

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.

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

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.

I’ve always been told I had an old face. So when I was in my 20s, I never got to play a teenager.

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...

Sunday night was such a big night for television when I was growing up – you know, ‘The Wonderful World of Disney.’

The further away you can get away from yourself as an actor, the more fun you have.

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.

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.

I’ve done a lot of work other than sci-fi, and between half-hour comedy, stage, and various movie roles, I’ve really tried to avoid being typecast.

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.

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...

The great thing about show business is that there’s no mandatory retirement age.

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.

I love ‘White Christmas.’ That’s one of my favorites just because I love the music. I love the story, Bing Crosby. It’s just one of my all time favorites. And it’s hard to have a...

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.

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...

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...

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.