Lena Kathren Headey (/ˈhiːdi/ HEE-dee; born 3 October 1973) is an English actress, voice actress and film producer.
I carry about eight lip balms: Burts Bees, Rosebud Salve, Eos.
Freedom isn't free at all, that it comes with the highest of costs. The cost of blood.
Shooting guns is not something I would do in my spare time.
For me, horror movies are a real escape.
I am very much a seat-of-the-pants actor. I will prepare when I have to. But I like being unprepared.
I think I cry when I'm angry. I let it go that way.
Having the tattoo itself is not really for the end result for me. I like having them done.
Does our culture have a need for violence? I don't know. I guess it's a personal thing.
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.
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.
I don't think you should feel guilty about pleasure. Defeats the purpose.
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?'
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.
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.
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.
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.
I almost never get recognised in the street.
Dredd was a weird little out-of-the-blue thing for me.
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.
I'm just going to stay single forever. I could never live with anybody ever again.