Where was Paris at his best?

I think the Captain Proton stuff was very much the essence of who Tom Paris was. He was this adventurer, he loved the retro, old historical space stuff. He had a real sense of humour, which I always loved � that they allowed me to bring in some of my sense of humour to the character, and just a sense of fun. I think they saw that in the dailies when I would goof off, before a take or right after a take. They saw it on the set, and so they brought some of that, sarcastic, ironic sensibility to the character, and it was a lot of fun to be able to play that.