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IGN TV: Do you guys ever quiz Ron or David about their long term plans for the show or the characters? Sackhoff: No. I mean occasionally, like when "Scar" came out last year, I was like, "Where the hell are you guys going with this? Because I am so lost right now." But for the most part what is so exciting about this show is reading the scripts blind. That's so fun. They are so good, it's like reading a book and I don't think I want to take that away from myself.
IGN TV: If you guys ever get to Earth, when do you think it will be? Will it be in our past, or our present or…? Sackhoff: I have no idea. I mean there are so many different ideas as to what it could be, and the possibilities are endless. My brain does not comprehend that much creativity the way that Ron Moore does. I think that I would have an aneurysm if I tried to figure that out, because inevitably they will come up something that is so good that, it is going to shock everyone, and it probably not even a possibility that we have come up with. We are thinking about the most obvious possibilities. They are probably thinking up these crazy, random things, like we are the apes that the humans… Like we started the Darwin theory. I don't know! Then again, they could go for the easiest thing, and be like "Look, we shocked you!"
IGN TV: We've learned a lot about Kara's backstory as we have gone along, things like her religious beliefs, and her possible abuse from her mother. What was that like for you as an actress to incorporate those things as you go along, and learn them yourself?
Sackhoff: That was a really hard thing for me to play; the stuff about her mother, because I can't imagine what mind set you have to be in to hurt a child, in all honesty. That is the cruelest thing, and completely mind boggling to me. I have never looked at a child and been so angry that I flipped out. So I was really pissed. And when I was shooting that, I kept picturing my mother in my head. And I was like, could you imagine laying there as a child and looking at this woman you loved so unconditionally, and having her break your fingers? It was just beyond me, so every time I focused or thought about it, I just started bawling my eyes out. IGN TV: We also found out that Kara liked to paint. Were you surprised by that revelation? Sackhoff: Yeah. I was like, "What? Really?" But is it really painting or is it like paint by number finger painting? To each his own, like everyone thinks art is different, but that to me, personally, is not art; it's just a bunch of scribbles on the wall. But that would make sense for her. It is a very angry type of free crazy erratic art, I guess. What I liked more, which is something I chose to do, was the poetry. That made sense to me; that she wrote her feelings down in poetry. IGN TV: That was your idea? Sackhoff: Yeah I wrote the poems too. IGN TV: And so you just went to the writers with that idea? Sackhoff: Yeah I did. I just said that I wanted to go in and spend some time in the apartment and use some paint and paint the poems on the wall, so I think I did like three of them on the wall.
IGN TV: Are there other opportunities like that, where you are able to pitch an idea or make a suggestion that might make it into the show? Sackhoff: Yeah. If you think about it, 90% of what we say is written. I think everything else [about the character] comes from us, personally. Even the way we dress is our idea. We get to kind of pick what we want to wear in the scenes. 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. It wasn't a huge thing, but we do have a huge opportunity to do these little, subtle things that most people wouldn't think about, that have become a major part of the character. Like the tattoo thing [Kara and Anders have] was Michael Trucco's and my idea. The seed was planted by Ron Moore, but the actual artwork and the way it came together was done by Michael and I, and our friend, with a little bit of input from the makeup artist. IGN TV: That has to be gratifying, to know that beyond your performance, you can leave these other physical imprints for the character. Sackhoff: Yeah, because I think at the end of the day, if you had put someone else in this character from day one, the character would be so different, even if the dialogue was exactly the same. She is kind of a part of me now, and I don't think that anyone could go in and do what I do and play this character the way that I do. So that might be conceited… Just because there are subtle things that aren't on the page that I do that make her who she is.
IGN TV: Is it nice for you guys when you get to outside and film on places like New Caprica, or Kobol and leaves the confines of the ships and the sets? Sackhoff: It was great when I was smoking, because you could just smoke all day long! You were outside and you were like, perfect, I am just going chain smoke all day. But now that I quit, I am like, this sucks! What am I going to do out here? Seriously, with nature… What? You want me to do what? I mean it is kind of nice, but nine times out of ten it is freezing cold and raining in Vancouver and we are usually on the side of the mountain with a wind chill and getting hypothermia, which is always fun.
IGN TV: What is it like filming the viper scenes? I'd imagine that has to be the most extreme, in terms of make believe. Sackhoff: It is, because you have to completely suspend your disbelief and actually jump in there and be able to pretend that you are in a ship is the most insane thing in the entire world. It's so crazy. It's like sitting in a cardboard box when you were a little kid and pretending it is a race car. I used to do it all the time and that's exactly what it's like. It is like the ship is not moving and now, pretend you are going to die, and pretend that you are really good at it too. It's like, okay, let's see how I can do that….
IGN TV: Obviously she has a lot of angst in her background, but at the end of the day your character is an all around bad ass. Is that still fun for you to play? Sackhoff: Always, and that's what drew me to this character to begin with; I wanted to shoot a gun. Now, I have shot so many of them that I can't stand it anymore! And you can't take that away from this character; it's all she has, all she knows how to do, and it is all she is good at. And that is the stuff I really enjoy. That is the stuff that comes the easiest for me actually, because I love being physical and running around and fighting with Tricia and shooting guns with Tahmoh. That is the best part of my job.
IGN TV: They took some of the traits from the original male Starbuck, so you have the cigar smoking, the hard drinking, and the occasional one night stands sometimes . . . Sackhoff: The cigar smoking is gone. I didn't think it was a very good thing to be portraying on television, especially when most of my fans are young girls. I think everything else can be explained away by a parent, that done safe or in moderation is great, but the smoking is the only thing that she does that hands down will kill you. And you can't explain that away, and I didn't think it was the responsible thing to do. So she quit.
