Lena Headey Quotes
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Sometimes it's a bizarre, fairly cold, and horrifying thing to be a parent.
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Shooting guns is not something I would do in my spare time.
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I'm 40 next year and I'm very well aware that where I am now, it becomes a bit of a wilderness for actresses.
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It's not socially acceptable to be a complete and utter manipulative cow.
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I'm just going to stay single forever. I could never live with anybody ever again.
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It's always weird the thought of taking your clothes off in front of 20 people and then to have it projected in front of many more.
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That scene in 'The Purge' where my kids, Mary's kids, are in danger was really crazy for me, because I suddenly I have my methods as an actor, so I went to the place of 'If somebody came near my children, with bad intent?'
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I worked in Tesco's staff canteen because I fancied a boy on the tills. I served him his lunch in a hairnet and tan tights. Not just that, of course - I had a lovely white onesie.
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Nothing I do is by design. It's always the result of a happy accident. I didn't have a career plan. It has just become the way it is. It's all good fun.
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I almost never get recognised in the street.
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I enjoy what I do and it's a great way to live your life.
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There's a perceived inverse relation between looks and talent. Look at Charlize Theron - she made herself ugly for 'Monster' and suddenly everyone said 'she's a genius.' It shouldn't be like that.
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As a teenager I was clinically depressed. Although I had lots of friends, I found those years very difficult.
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I don't think you should feel guilty about pleasure. Defeats the purpose.
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Cersei in Game of Thrones is quite solid and stiff.
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I hate being looked at. Can't stand it. I know, I know - I picked the wrong career.
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There is something in the act of having tattoos done that I love. It can be quite addictive. I've got a few on my back because my friend is an artist, and a few on my arms. Every time I pass a tattoo parlour, I think, 'Maybe just a tiny one.
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'Dredd' was a weird, little, out-of-the-blue thing for me.
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I have a playlist of farts on my phone.
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Does our culture have a need for violence? I don't know. I guess it's a personal thing.
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For me, horror movies are a real escape.
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Getting older and having kids, you learn how to become less serious about it all.
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With fantasy and sci-fi, it's based in a real fandom. You're presenting to experts, and their source material is really important to them.
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The more you love something, the worse you tend to audition. If you don't really care about something, you kind of nail it.
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It's amazing the things that you cry at. I cry when I smell my son's hair in the morning. We have a moment of peace and I'll be like, 'Ahhhh! How can you love this much?'
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Since being quite young, I've had a very strong sense of independence and survival. As a child, I was on my own two feet emotionally.
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People do seem to think that I'm going to be some wicked witch, and then they're always surprised to find out I'm just a little clumsy nerd.
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I love being physical, but I am extreme either way. I can be superfit. And then I can be really lazy and ignore everything.
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I hate being looked at. Can't stand it. I know, I know - I picked the wrong career. I should have been a doctor. If you play certain parts you have this nice face painted on you, and then you have feel as if you have a responsibility to this idea of being beautiful. I hate that about our business.
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I think I cry when I'm angry. I let it go that way.
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