Lena Headey Quotes

I'd love to do a comedy. Umm, I don't know when that will happen - maybe when I'm, like, 80 or something. But yeah, I'd love to. I'm just waiting for the right person to see my hilarious nature and offer me a comedy.

- Lena Headey

Love, Waiting, Maybe, Hilarious

I always have scarves handy; they're my indulgence. I buy them at an L.A. shop called Lost & Found. I'll spray one with loads of my Byredo Gypsy Water perfume, put it on and be like, 'Ah, this feels good.'

- Lena Headey

Gypsy, Feels, Shop, Spray

I find 'Chainsaw' to be a very relaxing film.

- Lena Headey

Find, Relaxing, Very, Chainsaw

Some 'Terminator' fans are outraged that I'm playing Sarah Connor. They think I'm not muscly enough. To be honest, I'm a little tired of the comparisons to Linda Hamilton. I know she will always be the original Sarah Connor, but when people see what I bring to the role, they will look at her with new eyes.

- Lena Headey

Some, Bring, Role, Linda

There seems to be great roles for women, and it's not necessarily - you don't have to be young women. Suddenly, we're realizing that, generally, women are interesting, and they can also be weird and crazy and mean.

- Lena Headey

Young, Young Women, Roles, Realizing

I'm sad I'm not in 'The Purge 2.'

- Lena Headey

Sad, Purge

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?'

- Lena Headey

Bad, Danger, Methods, Purge

I urge everyone - men, boys, women and girls - to join me in standing up for girls' rights with Plan U.K.

- Lena Headey

Everyone, Standing Up, Urge, Women And Girls

I would love to work with Shane Meadows - great director.

- Lena Headey

Love, Work, Would, Great Director

Getting the role in '300' saved me. I'd been out of work for 11 months after 'The Brothers Grimm.' Once the film came out and didn't do so well, the director Terry Gilliam blamed me for absolutely everything. It was pretty appalling, and I had started to wonder if I'd ever get another job again when I was asked to audition for '300.'

- Lena Headey

Saved, Role, Been, Blamed

'Lost Boys' is one of my all-time faves. I just thought it would be great to be a vampire. I remember this movie called 'Once Bitten,' which is about an '80s sort of power girl who became a vampire and was really, like, sexy. Hair like she was from 'Dallas,' shoulder pads, big earrings.

- Lena Headey

Big, Dallas, Became, All-Time

I'd love to have played Joan of Arc. That would have been amazing.

- Lena Headey

Love, Amazing, Been, Arc

One day I was in school, and the next I was acting opposite Jeremy Irons. That's how quickly it happened. I was in class and then working with Sir Anthony Hopkins.

- Lena Headey

Next, Quickly, Hopkins, Irons

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.'

- Lena Headey

Love, Artist, I Think, Addictive

I miss that London thing of walking outside and bumping into mates and going, 'Do you want to get a pint?'

- Lena Headey

London, Going, Mates, Pint

I have an internal protectiveness where it's like, if it comes to just me, as frightened as I am of losing someone I love or things going sour or simply being alone, there is a dark place in my brain where I'm like, It could happen and I'm okay, I'm prepared.

- Lena Headey

Love, Prepared, Internal, Frightened

As a teenager I was clinically depressed. Although I had lots of friends, I found those years very difficult.

- Lena Headey

Difficult, Very, Had, Teenager

I love the chance to train with someone like Mark Twight.

- Lena Headey

Love, Chance, I Love, Train

I've got quite a big gay following. I played a lesbian prostitute in the TV series 'Band Of Gold' but I think my following really grew when I played one in the film 'Imagine Me & You,' with Piper Perabo.

- Lena Headey

Big, I Think, TV, Lesbian

I'm dreadful at schmoozing at Hollywood parties.

- Lena Headey

Hollywood, Parties, Dreadful

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.

- Lena Headey

Strong, Feet, Very, Strong Sense

I'm a tomboy. I used to get into a lot of fights. Don't know why - self-expression, I guess.

- Lena Headey

Why, Used, Fights, Self-Expression

I don't think you should feel guilty about pleasure. Defeats the purpose.

- Lena Headey

Purpose, Think, Guilty, Defeats

There is always that thought that you might get stuck with a character. But there's always the notion that every character is always evolving.

- Lena Headey

Character, Always, Notion, Stuck

For me, horror movies are a real escape.

- Lena Headey

Me, Movies, Horror, Escape

It's a feeling without a lid, of what you would do, physically, verbally, to protect the one thing that is your greatest love.

- Lena Headey

Love, One Thing, Lid, Protect

I'm sort of like a T. rex in the world of female actresses. Every time a job is finished, I look at my car and think, 'Could I live in it?'

- Lena Headey

Think, Like, Could, T

I am very much a seat-of-the-pants actor. I will prepare when I have to. But I like being unprepared.

- Lena Headey

Prepare, Will, Very, Unprepared

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. They'll come up and ask: 'so when you turned your head slightly in that scene, what were you thinking?'

- Lena Headey

Source, Slightly, Turned, Experts

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.

- Lena Headey

Everyone, Like, Inverse, Herself

Shooting guns is not something I would do in my spare time. I really don't understand why Americans can purchase guns so easily and why they use them for sporting purposes.

- Lena Headey

Guns, Use, Spare Time, Purposes

I almost never get recognised in the street.

- Lena Headey

Never, Street, Almost, Recognised

I could quite happily run a florist or a bake shop.

- Lena Headey

Could, Happily, Shop, Bake

People who never get anxious always amaze me. The world could be breaking up, and they're saying, 'Everything's fine!'

- Lena Headey

People, Always, Could, Amaze

I usually bring along a bottle of kombucha, thinking, 'This will be really good for me.' But I never actually drink it. The fermented mushroom-y flavor is too intense for me.

- Lena Headey

Will, Bring, Bottle, Flavor

Cersei in 'Game of Thrones' is quite solid and stiff.

- Lena Headey

Game, Stiff, Solid, Game Of Thrones

I love being physical, but I am extreme either way. I can be superfit. And then I can be really lazy and ignore everything.

- Lena Headey

Love, Lazy, Being, Extreme

You couldn't get less royal than me.

- Lena Headey

Me, Get, Than, Royal

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.

- Lena Headey

Year, Next, Very, Next Year

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.

- Lena Headey

Career, Nothing, Always, Accident

Really, I still just think of myself as a Northerner, ultimately. It's in my DNA. I'll always have those Northern qualities. We can be mischievous. We can be bold.

- Lena Headey

Think, Always, Still, Qualities

I'm small but quite tough. When incensed, I can swing a punch.

- Lena Headey

Small, Swing, Quite, Punch

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.

- Lena Headey

Play, Career, Been, Parts

There's no snobbery in me.

- Lena Headey

Me, Snobbery

I do what I do; I can't control who thinks what.

- Lena Headey

Control, Who, Thinks

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.

- Lena Headey

Lunch, Lovely, Tan, Staff

I've said from day one that I've got no problem with nudity. I've done it throughout my career.

- Lena Headey

Career, Got, Day One, No Problem

Does our culture have a need for violence? I don't know. I guess it's a personal thing.

- Lena Headey

Personal, Need, Our, Violence

Getting older and having kids, you learn how to become less serious about it all.

- Lena Headey

Learn, About, Having, Getting Older

A lady of a certain age must keep her top on. That's what I feel.

- Lena Headey

Top, Her, Keep, Certain Age

I don't take anything for granted.

- Lena Headey

Anything, Take, Granted

Having the tattoo itself is not really for the end result for me. I like having them done.

- Lena Headey

Result, Itself, Having, Tattoo

I was never one of the cool kids who read '2000 AD.'

- Lena Headey

Cool, Never, Read, Ad

I've never directed before, so I need to make sure that people know that I can. The movie that I've written, 'The Sophisticates,' is a... small ensemble comedy and I hope it's charming and funny.

- Lena Headey

Small, Sure, Directed, Charming

There's nothing more exciting for an actor than a chance to lose, to be someone who has lost - especially if it's someone who starts off with a veneer of control. To be broken is wonderful.

- Lena Headey

Broken, Chance, More, Veneer

I drink a lot of coffee.

- Lena Headey

Drink, Lot, Coffee

I don't want to be owned by anyone.

- Lena Headey

Want, Anyone, Owned

I took up boxing as a fitness thing. I got obsessed, and I would go every day when I wasn't working. It's just an insane sport when you get into it.

- Lena Headey

Every Day, Obsessed, Took, Boxing

I carry about eight lip balms: Burt's Bees, Rosebud Salve, Eos.

- Lena Headey

Carry, Eight, About, Lip

I've been working a long time, and mostly European films.

- Lena Headey

Been, Films, Mostly, European

I have a scary side of me.

- Lena Headey

Me, Side, Scary

One day I can be ecstatically up, and the next, I can feel this real blankness, a deadness almost, which is scary.

- Lena Headey

Next, Which, Almost, Scary

I think I cry when I'm angry. I let it go that way.

- Lena Headey

Think, Go, I Think, Cry

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?'

- Lena Headey

Love, Smell, Like, Cry

I was obsessed with vampires when I was 13 or 14.

- Lena Headey

Obsessed, Vampires

Sometimes it's a bizarre, fairly cold, and horrifying thing to be a parent.

- Lena Headey

Parent, Sometimes, Fairly, Bizarre

I like to keep my personal life private.

- Lena Headey

Like, Private, Keep, Personal Life

I think I look slightly like a horse. Hand on heart, I think I'm pretty average.

- Lena Headey

Think, Average, Slightly, Horse

Nothing's ever allowed to just be entertaining. We have to talk about it.

- Lena Headey

Just Be, Ever, Allowed, Entertaining

I look at someone like Kathryn Bigelow, and I have so much admiration. She's playing in the boy's sandpit, and winning.

- Lena Headey

Winning, Look, Like, Admiration

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