It would be certainly arrogant of me to claim that the show was not a good show without myself at the centre.
By the end of last year we solved a lot of threads, and it's really good for this new way we're taking the show to really have these new people and these new energies, frankly.
peopletheend
There's a way about it: tearing people down, but not tearing them apart.
people
There was concern whether SCI FI would want the show back with all the recent changes. But now, the changes have made it feel fresh, like starting over.
change
But I don't bet the farm on any of those possibilities, either. I'm also preparing, intelligently, to walk away from this, and walk away from it happy to have had the experience.
experience
I was doing Hamlet in the off-season, and I had a specific idea in my mind about what I wanted that character to look like, and because it's going to lead into the next year, I knew that it was going to have to be established somewhere in the show.
charactermind
It was nice, though, to have the long term benefit to be able to pare away those things and eventually make the character my own and put my own unique stamp.
benefitscharacter
It's absolutely true that it's almost impossible to play a character without having any affection for him.
character
It's fun to play the character and then watch him later.
characterfun
In the meantime, I just have to create those realistic goals about the fact that I don't have a ton of options as an actor who's been on a science fiction show for 8 years.
science
You know, if it doesn't work, we can always cut it.
work
I've always found ways to bend the rules.
rules
The environment on set is very encouraging.
environment
I think that you can take things personally or get hurt feelings as a result of something not working out just because your psyche said it should or you deserve it, or whatever it is.
results