Gwendoline Christie

“The fantasy genre has so far rather embraced me, and I'm incredibly grateful for that.”

“Going to the gym is something I haven't done regularly since I was a child.”

“People come up to me and say, 'You look so much better in real life.'”

“'Game of Thrones' is a fantasy show not dedicated to any specific time, but it seems to exist in sort of a 1400s medieval fantasy world, and in that setting, I wouldn't have had a six-pack.”

“Part of the reason why I love acting is that you do hope that somehow your work will connect to people and somehow expand their consciousness somewhat, and being able to challenge notions of prejudice through work - through my work - is really thrilling.”

“I love the character of Jaime Lannister. He's just so complex - a character that we love to hate - but it's a lot more complex than hatred. It starts off, and he seems so arrogant and so smug.”

“I absolutely love Oprah Winfrey. What a great woman and a great businesswoman. She seems to really campaign for an expansion of global consciousness. I think she's phenomenal.”

“I'm certainly really rather tall at 6 foot 3, and I've been this way since I was 14, but for years, women who are even 5 foot 10 have come up to me in the street and said, 'Oh, it's so nice to see a woman who is taller than me. I've always felt like a giant.'”

“I absolutely love to relax and have fun. I like socializing; I like chatting. I like dancing, mixing with friends.”

“I've always been able to look very different very easily.”

“It's very hard as a tall woman to remove your deliberately pronounced feminine aspects and look more masculine.”

“I do all my own stunts and come away with bruises and scratches.”