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IGN TV: Is there an on camera mention of quitting? Sackhoff: No, she just quit; she just stopped. It is not to say that I won't do it in a film someday; I am not against smoking on camera at all. But in a medium like television, where anyone can just turn this on and it is basic cable, you have a bigger responsibility than you do if you are in an R rated film.
IGN TV: What is it like to play a character who gets to subvert a lot of clichés? Sackhoff: It's nice, but at the same time you deal with a lot of scrutiny over it. If my character was a man no one would give a s**t that she is having one night stands, but because it is a woman, all of a sudden she is a slut. And it is like, no she's not, she is just doing what everybody else is doing too. I don't understand the problem with it. If she was a guy and he was beating everybody up, they would be like, "Oh my, god he is such a hero," but because she is a woman, everyone says "There is no f-ing way this girl is this good at everything," and that sucks. But that is society; there you go. I think enough women have proven that we can do it just as well, or better.
IGN TV: Obviously when the show began, you faced a lot of hostility from fans of the original. How much vindication do you feel, as the show now gets so much critical acclaim, with so many prestigious awards and honors? Sackhoff: That's not really, in my opinion, personal vindication, because all the accolades the show has gotten is a group effort, and the only validation I need is from the people that love me, meaning my family and friends, and the people that work for me, meaning my agent and my manager. As long as those people think I am doing a good job, then I'm just at a point now where I don't care anymore. I learned a very interesting lesson when I first got the job, which is you can care to a certain extent what the fans think of you, but you can't let it consume you. So I do care, and I haven't heard anything negative, for probably a couple of years, which is really my vindication right there. But if someone doesn't like me anymore, I don't worry about it.
IGN TV: The show has a lot of really fascinating analogies in terms of our modern life, politics, and different arguments going on. Are you surprised by how much of that weighty stuff makes its way into the material, that might not if the show were a modern day set, network series? Sackhoff: Oh, of course. I think that is why our show is so good. We are given the opportunity to discuss weighty issues that we wouldn't be able to on network television, number one, and also on a show that wasn't science fiction, because right there you are given an excuse. Because it's science fiction, so it's "not real," and then we are given a little bit more wiggle room on certain things. Which makes it more fun as actors, and makes it more fun as an audience, and more fun as a writer, because it means you don't have to dumb scripts for an audience that isn't going to figure something out. And I think that is why our show has maintained a certain level of intelligence for its entire run.
IGN TV: That being the case, do you think the Emmys can ever change its view on sci-fi and nominate a show like yours? Sackhoff: No. Look, I would love for the show to win an Emmy. I think there are a lot of people on our show who work tireless hours who pour their heart and souls into the show, and we have the best crew I have ever met in my entire life. It would be nice, but at the end of the day, we won a Peabody. I am sorry, but that is one of the coolest things I have ever experienced, to win a Peabody Award… I'm good! 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. It is what it is.
IGN TV: Coming up you have White Noise 2. Can you talk about your character in that? Sackhoff: My character is Sherry. She is kind of like the light hearted hope of the movie. She gets saved by Nathan Fillion's character, Abe. And the whole script has to do with the devil's plan, but I don't want to give away too many things, because then you know too much. But they have kindred spirits, because they've both lost people that they love, and they gravitate towards each other. There is a tiny bit of a romance there, but never really fulfilled… consummated. It's PG-13! [Laughs] And it was great. I think it is testing really well and fans of and of Battlestar and Firefly are going to get their money's worth. They should enjoy it.
IGN TV: How was it working with Nathan Fillion? Sackhoff: It's pretty funny, because Nathan and I are just the biggest kidders, I don't know how we got anything done. We would just be making each other crack up, like during people's big dramatic death scenes, and we are just over there laughing in the corner. I had the best time ever. I honestly didn't want to leave that show, at all, and I wanted it to just keep going. I was like "Seriously, Battlestar is great and all, but I'll just stay with you guys. Can we make this a year long?...no? Okay, back to my day job then."
IGN TV: Did you have much down time between productions? Sackhoff: I had none. I had four days that overlapped, and I didn't sleep for three. So that was interesting. I have never been so tired in my entire life. I was actually crying in my trailer on the last day, because I hadn't slept at all. It was the craziest experience I've felt in my entire life. I mean that has to be what drug addicts feel like; that awake feeling. I had so much caffeine. I would do Battlestar during the day; I'd work till 7:00, I'd show up at White Noise at 8:30, I'd work till 4:00, and then I'd be back on Battlestar by 5:30. My poor mom flew up to take care of me. And my intention was to have her sleep, to keep me straight when I fell apart. But she decided to stay awake with me, so she would be able to experience the pain and actually be able to relate, and she stayed awake the entire time. Towards the end we got giddy. There is a picture of us on the set of White Noise, sitting in two chairs next to each other, and I'm asleep with my head on my mom's shoulder, and then she's
asleep on my head. White Noise was amazing through the entire thing. Anytime they had ten minutes, they would yell, "Katee, go to sleep!" Seriously, they would yell at me, "Go sleep somewhere; anywhere!" I was like, "Okay, okay, I'm going!" So I would fall asleep sitting up in my chair… with my mom!
IGN TV: When Battlestar season three wraps, are you going into another project or you looking to take a nice break? Sackhoff: No I am going straight in. I'm not going to say [what it is], just because I don't want to jinx it. Until it's in the can, you never quite know! But I am going in straight in to work. I took my three-week hiatus, just a month ago, so I'm ready to be somebody else beside Starbuck for awhile. I'm very excited.
