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…

- Michael Shanks

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

- Michael Shanks

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 fi…

- Michael Shanks

I find directing more satisfying.

- Michael Shanks

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 …

- Michael Shanks

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 ov…

- Michael Shanks

I gravitate towards anything that has a grain of comedy to it.

- Michael Shanks

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 happ…

- Michael Shanks

Theres a way about it: tearing people down, but not tearing them apart.

- Michael Shanks