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...

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 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

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

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

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

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.