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I think I saw "Predator" when I was six. So I knew from a very young age that it wasn't real, but I just loved it.
There's always going to be someone somewhere who doesn't agree with my parents' opinion of me. It can't bother you.
I believe that if doors don't open, make new doors. So I also have started producing quite a bit of things as well.
Michael Hogan is an absolutely brilliant actor, so anytime I get to work with someone of that caliber, I get excited.
When I was younger, it was like, 'Yay, lesbians love me!' I didn't know there was a responsibility that came with it.
It's kind of nice to play somebody that isn't psychotic or half-machine or dead or dying or on a spaceship somewhere.
The work environment on 'Battlestar Galactica' is unbelievable, and it's something that doesn't come along very often.
I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.
What can you do? You're never going to be - I'm sure there are people out there who think Cindy Crawford isn't pretty.
Horror films and genre films are interesting, because I always look for a deeper meaning or a deeper theme in the film.
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.
My manager has been my manager since I was 17, and he says that he's supposed to be smart for me when I can't do it for myself.
I had a stalker break into my house a couple times. They didn't leave any fingerprints or take anything - I was being followed.
I think I was obsessed with the culture of riding. I got sick of having to date guys who rode motorcycles for me to be on them.
I grew up watching science fiction with my dad. It was kind of our little secret. It was our bonding time as father and daughter.
As long as people want to see me do this action and sci-fi stuff, it would be wrong of me to deny the fans what they want to see.
If you're going to play strength, you've got to marry that with a vulnerability and give your character some relatable qualities.
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 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.
We leave TVs on in our house. I listen to my record player constantly to just hear music. I'm really intrigued by this idea of solitude.
I have to remind myself constantly to not be antisocial, because I stay to myself a lot. Im a lot more introspective than my characters.
I have to remind myself constantly to not be antisocial, because I stay to myself a lot. I'm a lot more introspective than my characters.
I do believe that there is something at the core of protecting your offspring - the love of a mother, you just don't get in the way of it.
Had you told me 20 years ago this would be my life, I'd have gone "What?" and then stuck out my tongue to all the girls that were mean to me.
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.
Every single person is a beautiful human being, and we're lucky. That's what gives you longevity. You have to love the people that you work with.
My mom always said, 'Marry someone smarter than yourself, Katee, because No. 1, you're not that smart. And No. 2, then you'll have smart babies.'
Something about 'Battlestar' that I didn't realize when I took the job was this whole bubble aspect of closing people in and seeing what they do.
If you can ride through Texas with somebody, which is 700 miles of just straight, flat freeway riding, then you can be friends with them forever.
I was always inspired by Sigourney [Weaver]. She's been able to have such beautiful diversity in her career and that's a really impressive thing.
Science-fiction fans are the most loyal fans in the world. It's true. They'll watch things that you actually should give them their money back for
I think Gods wrath and purgatory are the only things keeping me on the straight and narrow. I like the idea of purgatory. Its like a cosmic do-over.
I love that when you take that PG-13 off the table and say, 'This is what we're going to do,' everything becomes fair game, and you really go for 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 think God's wrath and purgatory are the only things keeping me on the straight and narrow. I like the idea of purgatory. It's like a cosmic do-over.
I read YA novels constantly, so I really want to be in a young adult rom-com, but I worry that I'm aging into the parent role, which is a little scary.
You know, I like to think that I'm a really strong, tough person, but I'm not. I'm a very, very needy person. I'm very insecure. I'm very impressionable.
We all wake up, and I'm sure at some point during the day we all have very similar thoughts regardless of our circumstances and where we are in the world.
There's a little bit of me in all of the characters I've played. I've never really had the opportunity to play something that's a complete departure from me.
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.
I think every character I play has a physicality to them, so I have to stay in some sort of shape. I'll never be a size two. And I don't want to be a size two.
I was addicted to the original 'Star Trek' when I was growing up, because of my dad. We grew up in St. Helens, Oregon and we weren't allowed to watch a lot of TV.
There's a joke that, if you can ride through Texas with somebody, which is 700 miles of just straight, flat freeway riding, then you can be friends with them forever.
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 find that in the science fiction world, you have almost more women fans than male fans and I think it's because there's been such a shortage of strong female characters.
I fought for a long time on 'Battlestar' to let my hair grow out. It was very frustrating because every single person on the show was changing their hair. It was not fair.
I grew up idolizing these men, like Arnold Schwarzenegger. I loved Sly (Stallone). I loved Bruce Willis. These guys embodied everything that action was in the 80s and 90s.
It's a very, very rare moment when another actor hurts you. That's not normal. If anything, it's the actor accidentally punching the stunt double, which happens quite a bit.
I wander around in corsets in my house all the time. I'm a lot girlier than the roles I play, but I don't believe there's anything wrong in this business for being typecast.
'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.