Top 35 Lena Headey Quotes

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

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.

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.

I don’t want to be owned by anyone.

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.’

Maybe you just don’t see your own beauty.

You couldn’t get less royal than me.

I’m sad I’m not in ‘The Purge 2.’

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

There’s no snobbery in me.

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

I find ‘Chainsaw’ to be a very relaxing film.

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

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

I almost never get recognised in the street.

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.’

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

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

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

I don’t take anything for granted.

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?’

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

I have a scary side of me.

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.

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

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

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.

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