I loved the challenge of being able to take a character who could be thrown away as 'crazy' and making her identifiable to the audience - also, to give her a vulnerability that people would cheer for.
— Katee Sackhoff
I think that probably the time that people stopped thinking of Starbuck as 'a woman' was when they stopped thinking of the old show.
I grew up as a fan of comic books, and I've been reading them for so long that I've never felt an affinity toward just one.
I love to run, and I actually run quite a bit.
Seth Green, he and I are trying to figure out how this all came about. Because we don't remember what came first, the chicken or the egg, no pun intended. But I don't remember what came first, 'Robot Chicken' or our friendship, because we've known each other for so long.
If a character is supposed to be hated, my goal is to make her the most hated person on the show.
I don't think I've ever been haunted by a ghost, but I always joke with my fiance about the house we're living in right now. It seems to have something in it.
The Olympics was a goal, and definitely, swimming in college was a goal.
I don't watch a lot of TV.
As an actor, you put yourself out there. You put yourself in the arena as an easy target.
You can't win some people over.
'Star Wars' was, I mean, it was the first time I remember seeing three movies that all kind of went together. It was just an amazing final understanding of what a trilogy was.
Everyone freaks out because my character is the only one who has shorts on the Galactica. Well, that is because I went and grabbed a pair of pants and scissors and cut them off and gave her shorts.
I would hate for my father to regret all his support that he's given me over the years and be embarrassed by anything I chose to do.
People love a good story, even if it's a story that has very little truth to it.
I love playing characters who are multilayered and multidimensional and have a darkness to them, which makes them more realistic and more fun to play.
I'd never put all my chips anywhere, because I don't want to close any doors, but I was raised in a very blue-collar family. I was raised by parents who said, 'If you don't go to work every day, you're not contributing', so that's my mentality. I have to work every day; I have to bring home a paycheck.
The work environment on 'Battlestar Galactica' is unbelievable, and it's something that doesn't come along very often.
I think that what made people accept Starbuck as a woman was that she was just such an interesting character. I think that once people put their guard down and their preconceived notions of what the show is supposed to be and just allowed it to really be good science fiction.
I think, as a woman in action in the business, you would be stupid not to express interest. Any female action role that presents itself as an opportunity I would throw myself at!
'Longmire' is an incredibly hard shooting schedule because the locations are usually an hour away every morning, and I come home every weekend. I fly back to L.A. for about 26 hours a weekend, just to touch base back at home. It's a lot of work. It's four really intense months.
I read the script for 'Somnia' when I was filming 'Oculus,' and I remember calling my manager going, 'I really need to do this movie,' and he's like, 'How about you finish this one first and then you see it?' I was like, 'I don't need to. I don't need to. You need to read this. I need to do this movie. The script is very good.'
Basically, as soon as I saw that there was a role available on '24,' I jumped at it, and then when I sat down and talked to them, it seemed to get more interesting and more fun.
I looked at my parents when I was 17, and I said, 'I'm moving to L.A.'
I wear high heels and dresses. I am a total girly girl.
I'm always awkward when someone recognizes me.
I think when you're doing good work, you don't necessarily need to be validated.
Playing somebody who's still alive is very interesting.
'Star Wars' meant everything to me growing up.
I have never looked at a child and been so angry that I flipped out.
I personally have not spoken to Marvel and have no plans to do a movie in the immediate future because, number one, I'm tied up with 'Somnia,' which is a fantastic place to be. It's exactly where I wanted to be.
I remember auditioning for the Wonder Woman television show and being told that I wasn't the Wonder Woman type, but if I wanted to play the best friend, I could audition for that.
No one has approached me about Captain Marvel. But I don't know if I'd even want to play Captain Marvel. I would much rather play a villain and be nasty. It's more fun.
I'm a bit insane when it comes to doing my own stunts and getting down and dirty. It's fun, you know? It's things I wouldn't normally do in my real life, so when I go to work and get to beat people up and shoot guns and get waterboarded, those are things I find completely interesting.
As far as I'm concerned... there's a side to an actor that wants to go on and play a thousand different roles.
I'm a huge fan of Kate Beckinsale. Sigourney Weaver gets me excited. Angelina Jolie... There's just so many women that do 'tough' really well.
I'll work out with my trainer twice a week, and I'll do some Power Pilates and might throw in some yoga. I love to row also. The main thing for me is just to move every single day for 30 minutes to an hour.
I've seen 'Absentia,' which was amazing. I loved 'Absentia.' I loved that for no money, he was able to make a movie about something that you never saw. You never saw the bad guys. That was amazing to me. You never saw what you were supposed to be afraid of; you just knew you were supposed to be afraid of it. It was a phenomenal movie.
'Somnia' is a story about loss and, I guess, what you're willing to do to have closure and try and feel whole again. It's a story of redemption in a sense. I don't want to give too much away, but it's a heartbreaking story that's incredibly terrifying.
It's things I wouldn't normally do in my real life, so when I go to work and get to beat people up and shoot guns and get waterboarded, those are things I find completely interesting.
I was planning that whole athletic slide into Stanford rather than actually getting a 1450 on my SATs.
I still sleep with my baby blanket.
I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.
My goal is to make people feel passionately, if it's negative or positive, I did my job.
The sad thing is, I never wanted to be Princess Leia - I always wanted to be Han Solo!
Michael Hogan is an absolutely brilliant actor, so anytime I get to work with someone of that caliber, I get excited.
I've got my Peabody and my Saturn awards right next to each other on my mantle, and that is about it, and that is all that matters.
I absolutely have not spoken to Marvel. It doesn't mean that my team hasn't spoken to Marvel.
I'd love to play Wonder Woman.
I hate horror movies, with a passion.
