Lena Headey Quotes

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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.

  Lena Headey

  Thinking, People, Nerd

  "Not My Job: We Quiz Lena Headey On Games Worse Than 'Game Of Thrones'". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. February 6, 2016.

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• I do what I do; I cant control who thinks what.

  Lena Headey

  Thinking, Cant

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

  Lena Headey

  Thinking, Purpose, Defeat

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. August 17, 2013.

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• 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, Actors, Chance

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• I enjoy what I do and it's a great way to live your life.

  Lena Headey

  Live Your Life, Way To Live, Way

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I dont want to be owned by anyone.

  Lena Headey

  Want

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• I hate being looked at. Can't stand it. I know, I know - I picked the wrong career.

  Lena Headey

  Hate, Careers, I Hate

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• Freedom isn't free at all, that it comes with the highest of costs. The cost of blood.

  Lena Headey

  Blood, Cost, Highest

  "Fictional character: Queen Gorgo". "300", www.imdb.com. 2006.

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• It's not socially acceptable to be a complete and utter manipulative cow.

  Lena Headey

  Cows, Manipulative, Acceptable

  "Not My Job: We Quiz Lena Headey On Games Worse Than 'Game Of Thrones'". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. February 6, 2016.

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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.

  Lena Headey

  Love Is, Lazy, Way

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• I have a playlist of farts on my phone.

  Lena Headey

  Phones, Fart, Playlists

  Twitter post from Apr 27, 2014

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• 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

  Dark, Losing Someone, Brain

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• I'm just going to stay single forever. I could never live with anybody ever again.

  Lena Headey

  Forever, Staying Single

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• 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

  Brother, Jobs, Directors

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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.

  Lena Headey

  Monsters, Looks, Genius

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

  Lena Headey

  Thinking, Let It Go, Way

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• 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

  Gay, Thinking, Gold

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• 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

  Jobs, Thinking, Car

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

  Lena Headey

  Tattoo, Done, Ends

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

  Lena Headey

  Careers, Done, Problem

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• I almost never get recognised in the street.

  Lena Headey

  Streets

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

  Lena Headey

  Actors, Pants, Seats

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

  Lena Headey

  Kids, Getting Older, Serious

  "'Game of Thrones' star Lena Headey like Cersei 'when it comes to my child'". www.foxnews.com. March 24, 2015.

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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.

  Lena Headey

  Tattoo, Artist, Thinking

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• 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, Boys, Looks

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