Top 21 Quotes by Michael Shanks

I've always found ways to bend the rules.

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.

With network shows, writers can be so protective of every syllable.

The environment on set is very encouraging.

I think the writing on the wall is definitely there this year that this is probably our last year.

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.

You know, if it doesn't work, we can always cut it.

It's absolutely true that it's almost impossible to play a character without having any affection for him.

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.

For some reason, it popped into my head the notion that a lot of the Next Generation cast in the long run of that show managed to step behind the camera.