Lena Headey

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

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

“'Dredd' was a weird little out-of-the-blue thing for me.”

“Getting the role in '300' saved me. I'd been out of work for 11 months after 'The Brothers Grimm.' Once the film came out and didn't do so well, the director Terry Gilliam blamed me for absolutely everything. It was pretty appalling, and I had started to wonder if I'd ever get another job again when I was asked to audition for '300.'”

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

“I love the chance to train with someone like Mark Twight.”

“For me, horror movies are a real escape.”

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

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

“I urge everyone - men, boys, women and girls - to join me in standing up for girls' rights with Plan U.K.”

“Shooting guns is not something I would do in my spare time. I really don't understand why Americans can purchase guns so easily and why they use them for sporting purposes.”

“I almost never get recognised in the street.”

“I've been working a long time, and mostly European films.”

“I think I look slightly like a horse. Hand on heart, I think I'm pretty average.”

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

“If I was into politics, I would be rich.”

“Cersei in 'Game of Thrones' is quite solid and stiff.”

“Nothing's ever allowed to just be entertaining. We have to talk about it.”

“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.”

“'Lost Boys' is one of my all-time faves. I just thought it would be great to be a vampire. I remember this movie called 'Once Bitten,' which is about an '80s sort of power girl who became a vampire and was really, like, sexy. Hair like she was from 'Dallas,' shoulder pads, big earrings.”