"The character started off as being kind of a genuine pain in the ass, which was really an..."

“The character started off as being kind of a genuine pain in the ass, which was really an intentional sort of experiment on behalf of the producers and myself. In doing this he was able to be this young, bumbling, quite brilliant physician who had somewhere to go and develop. He was just all heart, very impulsive, a little arrogant and easily hurt by the likes of Dax [Terry Farrell] and any other woman, really, who rejected him, which happened quite regularly because he’s so bumbling[.]”

- Alexander Siddig — Sci-Fi Blast From The Past - Alexander Siddig (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) - SciFiAndTvTalk (via kelasparmak)