I sort of made a deal with myself that if I was going to spend a year on a project, I wanted my kids to see it at the end so they know where Dad has been.

If it was a guest part, you'd only go in once and read for the producer and director, and you'd know the next day if you were going in to work.

I've always thought that we, as human beings, would be naive and arrogant to pretend that we're the only life form in the galaxy.

But nothing really felt like it was going to take off the way that Star Trek did, before that.

Don't get me wrong, I'm very thankful for all the aliens I've met and loved.

It's pretty evident even when you're a guest actor on a show - you know where the power is.

Our strong teen-girl demographic attracts a lot of the boys as well, so I suspect that they'll let us continue to create the show with a style that has already gotten us into the third season anyway.

No, I was a psychology major in college.

I think in general, you need a bad guy to have someone to root against and I think kids understand a story more clearly if there's an evil element for them to cheer against and to root for the good guys.