Joe Flanigan

Joe Flanigan: (On whether he thought it was old fashioned of his character, Sheppard to be worried about the pregnant Teyla going on missions). (laughs) I don't write this stuff, remember? I act it. I think, actually, that there's a protective thing regarding... I don't think anybody's ever seen it that way before, but if it's old fashioned... I don't think it's old fashioned. If a woman's pregnant you've got to make sure she's out of physical harm. Seems like a pretty logical thing, doesn't it? But wouldn't it be considered insanely irresponsible to stick a pregnant woman in the middle of battle? I don't see it that way. What I found in that particular storyline with her being pregnant and wanting to go and not wanting to go, what I found - actually Rachel and I both found - we were like, "This is so tedious." It actually plays as an impatient kind of thing, which was more interesting. I said it to her and we made a choice, I said, "I think I should be really tough on you and impatient because I'm tired of asking whether you want to stay or go." I don't think he's old fashioned. He might be a little old school. When it comes to men and women and their relationships and the military, no, I think he's pretty modern. pause I just want you to know that when I was pregnant, I was in battle. I went to war.

Joe: (On shooting in Vegas for the Atlantis episode Vegas). We're going to Vegas, man. Actually, Jason and I were all excited and high-fiving, "We're going to kill aliens in Vegas." And then he found out that he wasn't in the sequences.

Joe: (When asked if its tough to get back into work mode after a long hiatus). Well, it can be. It certainly can be, there's no doubt about it. But no, it also feels very natural. The whole schedule is a reawakening, or I should say the opposite of that! It's a difficult thing to hardwire yourself again for the 5 a.m. alarm bells and the 12- to 14-hour days and stuff. But that's the way it works, you know.