As a boy, I didn’t need a lot of playmates to have a good time.

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As a young child, Bruce Boxleitner didn't need to have many friends to enjoy himself and have fun. He was able to entertain himself and find happiness even when he was playing on his own, without needing a lot of other kids around him.

About Bruce Boxleitner

Bruce Boxleitner is an American actor and writer known for his roles in popular TV shows like Babylon 5 and Scarecrow and Mrs. King. He also famously played the character of Tron in the Disney movie of the same name and its sequel.

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As a boy, I didn’t need a lot of playmates to have a good time.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

I enjoy working with Melissa a great deal. We’re always looking for projects to do together. I was happy to have her do the show, because she doesn’t normally do episodic unless she’s starring, and I was very happy with the results.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

I had a great run on Babylon 5. It was a lot of fun.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

It’s not highly intellectual material. I’m dedicating it to the pulp fiction of the past.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

They’ve also asked me now to start on another series that we’re gonna do after this Frontier Earth. But it’s not science fiction, it’s more in the Mystery and Crime division and that’s another area I’m very interested in.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

I’ve had quarter horses for the last 18 years.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

The most colorful section of a bookstore is the display of SF books, with art by people like Wayne Barlow, who is a terrific artist.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

Certainly, because the computer and computer language was still not as common as it is today. That’s one of the reasons I believe Tron wasn’t as popular back then as it is today.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

The making of television has changed quite a bit. Now you have to do them n cheaper budgets.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

Star Wars, the original movie, was all the various old genre of pictures: the swashbucklers, the war movies, all those things were put n there in a different look.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

Basically I started to jot notes, lots of faxes back and forth to my writer, we faxed ideas throughout the whole first draft, and started all over again.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

It’s very frustrating not being on the air.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

In television, the audience has to be comfortable with you, and I’ve managed to prove that I can be in American homes to some degree, and not necessarily where everyone knows me, either.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

That’s the great thing about being an actor, you get to try out lots of things for your roles.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

I can’t believe we’re in the middle of the fifth season, and if this is all there is, my God, it went fast.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

So I had a ghostwriter, they call them, or somebody who is an experienced writer, to help. I’ve got the ideas in my head, it’s getting them properly on paper.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

A storyteller is basically what actors and writers are.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

Will Shatner, Jonathan Frakes of Star Trek have already put novels out.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

I started acting professionally at age 19.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

A show needs time to find an audience, and they’re very quick to pull them off the air now.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

I just always had a love for television and movies.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

Yes, I’ve just bought a new horse, named Jedi.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

I think every leading man wants to be a character actor, and every character actor wants to be a leading man.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

I’m living what I always wanted to do.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

I don’t call myself a writer.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

I started in high school and then I went onto professional training after that.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

I read H.P. Lovecraft. I also like Sword and Sorcery stuff, Arthurian legend.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

I would love to do a Western again if Westerns came back into fashion.

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)