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I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.

Katee Sackhoff

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Katee Sackhoff
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: April 8
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Portland
Oregon
Kathryn Ann Sackhoff
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This business is hard. People and producers and studios and finance guys get caught up in saying, Women don't sell movies, or This person doesn't sell foreign, or You have to attach guys first, or People don't want to see women do this. I've heard those things so many times that I've actually heard myself say them, a number of time
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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.
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I grew up watching science fiction and action movies. I love it. I absolutely love it!
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People don't realize that I started in musical theater. That's where my roots are.
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It took a week for me to be able to take the gun apart, put the gun back together, get the ammunition and load, all the while keeping my eyes down the scope, which was something I'd never had to do before.
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I'm kind of used to being around guys on set, and I grew up with a brother who treated me like I was a boy.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was Predator - I was five. And I think the second one was Jaws. I've has this understanding of fiction for a very, very long time but I've also had this thing where I've idolized the male action heroes because that's what I watched with my dad.
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I grew up in Oregon so I grew up around reservations, so I've always kind of had this knowledge. Not a tremendous amount of knowledge, but an outsider's knowledge of what reservation life was like.
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Most people don't go to work and beat up a 13-year-old. It's a really freaky thing.
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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.
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Most of the characters I play are heavily engulfed in some sort of fantasy world.
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My mom has always said that you don't know what love is until you've had a child.
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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.
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The only way that a mother would go after her own children is if she's just completely gone and has no humanity.
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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.
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Part of what I love about television is that my imagination gets to keep going. It doesn't stop.
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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.'
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Horror films and genre films are interesting, because I always look for a deeper meaning or a deeper theme in the film.
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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.
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I don't take myself that seriously, I'm taking the piss out of myself. I can't really beat up guys, it's fun!
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