Gwendoline Christie

“I loved working with Michelle Fairley.”

“Vita Sackville-West is one of my favorite female icons. She was a writer and a prolific gardener, but she also had a relationship with Virginia Woolf, and she was married to Sir Harold Nicolson. She was a woman who lived outside of norms.”

“I trained in combat, sword fighting, horse riding... It's empowering knowing that I can a break man's nose with my elbow.”

“Bart The Bear was fantastic to work with. Absolutely brilliant and so, so good. The things that that bear could do to order! He was one of the best actors I've ever worked with.”

“I was a semi-professional gymnast as a child. I did rhythmic gymnastics, but I sustained an injury and strained all the muscles in my spine.”

“Terry Gilliam is someone I'd always deeply admired. I saw his films when I was a child.”

“I like to explore characters who are very different to me, or varied parts are very similar to me.”

“My father always said, 'You can do anything a man can do.'”

“I think everyone loves a slash of red lipstick.”

“I like to be comfortable. And I don't like to have to worry about having to adjust things if things are too short; I don't want to feel self conscious, so I like to wear things that make me feel empowered.”

“I don't really have any interest in playing the same part again and again. Let's just keep everything crossed that doesn't happen.”

“I've always liked fairy tale and spectacle. I wouldn't say I was a fantasy fan, but anything beyond reality I've always found exciting - the work of David Lynch, the work of Tim Burton. But for me, I also love those things that are absolutely about human relationships.”

“The countryside in Belfast is beautiful. No technical wizardry is needed to show quite how glorious it is in its natural state.”

“My pseudonym is 'George R. R. Martin.' That guy's just an actor.”

“I'd love to work with Lena Headey, Alfie Allen, Charles Dance. I'd love to work with Peter Dinklage.”

“Occasionally I get messages from women saying that I've brought them some joy, and that's unbelievably thrilling.”

“Genuine and true love is so rare that when you encounter it in any form, it's a wonderful thing, to be utterly cherished in whatever form it takes.”

“I quite like looking mucky; it's quite nice not having to care about how you look.”

“I don't know, so much of women's femininity is tied up with their hair.”

“I think everybody has the capacity for change.”