Interviewer: How much of yourself did you put into that character (Dr Bashir), because they altered the script somewhat when you got the role?

Interviewer: How much of yourself did you put into that character (Dr Bashir), because they altered the script somewhat when you got the role?

Alexander Siddig: It's too exhausting not to put all yourself in it. You have to use "you" and work from there. It's just day in day out for seven years, you just can't pretend to be someone else for very long.