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Michael Garrett Shanks (born December 15, 1970) is a Canadian actor, writer and director. He is known for playing Dr. Daniel Jackson in the long-running Canadian–American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 and as Dr. Charles Harris on the Canadian medical drama Saving Hope.

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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.

Agriculture, Experience, Farm, Intelligently, Possibility, Walks

I've always found ways to bend the rules.

Bend, Found, Rules, Way, Ways

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.

Character, Hamlet, Ideas, Mind, Year, Years

My brother had boxes of comic books. He was really the collector.

Book, Books, Boxes, Brother, Comic

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.

Air, Back, Changes, Show, Starting Over, Want

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

Character, Having, Impossible, Play

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

Apart, Down, People, Tearing, Way

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.

Actor, Goal, Goals, Science, Years

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

Comedy, Grain, Gravitate, Towards

Gobbledygook may indicate a failure to think clearly, a contempt for one's clients, or more probably a mixture of both. A system that can't or won't communicate is not a safe basis for a democracy.

Basis, Democracy, Gobbledygook, Mixtures, Think, Thinking

I find directing more satisfying.

Directing, Satisfying

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.

Deserve, Hurt, Result, Take, Thinking, Work Out