[on turning down the role of Captain Jonathan Archer in
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)] I was offered, not Captain Picard, but whatever the Captain would have been, so before I did
Casualty (1986), I made a choice of doing
Casualty (1986) as opposed to whatever the Captain would have been on "Star Trek". But I didn't want to do that, I can't do sci-fi. It just drives me up the wall, it's all rubbish and spouting that gibberish every day was no thank you very much. The thing I loved about
Casualty (1986) was although there was a lot of gobbledygook at least it was all about real life and people and medical situations and that became the challenge. Actually talking about all the so called scientific stuff that really most of the time doesn't make any sense to anybody whatsoever, and looking at a whole bunch of silly people in makeup was just not what I wanted to do with my life so Captain Picard would not be a choice. Captain Pugwash might be rather appropriate.