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.

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.

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...

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

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.

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.

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