I think it was in my second week that I auditioned for Battlestar. I was very Oh gosh, I want to be in television, I want to be in something, but I don't know if I want to be in this.

I was convinced that I was going to be onstage for the rest of my life.

What would I like? Some very silly comedy where I don't have to think about anything, but it could be a lot of fun. And if it's not that, then I'll want to be involved in something where it's like, you're really dredged up to the neck in emotion, where it's as exciting as the premise of Battlestar.

I went to Los Angeles, because I have a manager, and - I can't remember when, but we met in London maybe six months or a year beforehand, and he said, Listen, if you really want to get a job out of L.A., you really need to come. And I was like, Well, can't I send a tape or something? And he was like, No, no, you need to come.

I've got to take a bit of a break from science fiction. As much as I've loved this stuff, I'm ready for a different century or a different time period as an actor, as an individual. Something that's, what's the word, something that's not involved with spaceships.

On a personal note, myself, I find religion - I can understand it, I can understand why we have it, as a kind of force on the planet. And I also at the same time think it's ludicrous. My Latin education teaches me that religion comes from religio, which means, to bind. To bind with rope. And that's all it means.

I think the level of devotion some sci-fi fans display turns other people off.

My first show, in England, was called Soldier, Soldier.

Belief is everything when you're performing something. If you don't have the belief behind it, then that actually puts a shunt on the character. It's like, Does the character believe this for a minute?

I think that there should be a Gaius Baltar Award for Moral Cowardice given out to people every year.

On a personal note, myself, I find religion - I can understand it, I can understand why we have it, as a kind of force on the planet. And I also at the same time think it's ludicrous.

Anybody who has political ambition has an Achilles heel.