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Tag Archives: Quantum Leap
Time to stop
I was in a hit Broadway show, Romance Romance and I decided that it was time to stop, time to go back to LA, and my family had left in August and everybody in New York was like, “You’re crazy. … Continue reading
That guy is Sam
[Scott Bakula had] come off Broadway and he sat down and he read the part of Sam. And as he read it, my heart started to beat very fast. And I kept a very straight face, and said, “Thank you. … Continue reading
Hopper was wrong
A dear friend of mine, Dennis Hopper, said, “Well, that’s the end of his career” when he found out I was going to do a series. And Dennis, who is almost always right, was wrong. — Dean Stockwell
Big to small screen
Dean [Stockwell] surprised us all when somebody said to me, “Would you like Dean Stockwell to play the part of Al?” And I said, “What are you kidding me? Dean Stockwell?” He had just done Married to the Mob – … Continue reading
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Stockwell
Dean walked in and was … kind of … complete. — Scott Bakula, on Dean Stockwell’s audition I kind of sailed through it. I made everybody laugh. All these people back there in the dark. I think they like to … Continue reading
Unique
The concept of the show was so unique that – and I wasn’t the only one, this was true for Scott as well – a lot of us, at the beginning, couldn’t really figure out how it was going to … Continue reading
Test pilots
First of all, when you’re creating a show, you want to do something you love. I do a lot of military things, I love it. I’m a pilot – or, I was – so that just appealed to me. I … Continue reading
Potential
From when I first read the pilot and saw this character of Al – I loved it. And I saw this potential in it for a kind of humor and a kind of demeanor that would be attractive and fascinating, … Continue reading
Lecherous
A lot of Al was Don Bellisario. You know, the lecherous, the checking out the girls. — Scott Bakula
The female form
[Don Bellisario’s] appreciation of the female form – not only the form, everything female – was injected into this character Al. And I quite liked it myself. — Dean Stockwell