Lena Headey quotes - page 2

I'm a tomboy. I used to get into a lot of fights. Don't know why - self-expression, I guess. (Lena Headey)
As a teenager I was clinically depressed. Although I had lots of friends, I found those years very difficult. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I do what I do; I can't control who thinks what. View quote
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I think I cry when I'm angry. I let it go that way. View quote
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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?' View quote
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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. View quote
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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?' View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Lena Headey)
Does our culture have a need for violence? I don't know. I guess it's a personal thing. View quote
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Sometimes it's a bizarre, fairly cold, and horrifying thing to be a parent. View quote
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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. View quote
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It's a feeling without a lid, of what you would do, physically, verbally, to protect the one thing that is your greatest love. View quote
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Lena Headey

Lena Headey - Image
Photo: pinguino k from North Hollywood, USA, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: English Actress
Born: October 3, 1973
Quotes count: 40