A biography for Lena Headeyhasn’t been written yet.
“I look at someone like Kathryn Bigelow, and I have so much admiration. She's playing in the boy's sandpit, and winning.”
“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.”
“You couldn't get less royal than me.”
“I drink a lot of coffee.”
“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.'”
“I usually bring along a bottle of kombucha, thinking, 'This will be really good for me.' But I never actually drink it. The fermented mushroom-y flavor is too intense for me.”
“Having the tattoo itself is not really for the end result for me. I like having them done.”
“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.”
“I was never one of the cool kids who read '2000 AD.'”
“I miss that London thing of walking outside and bumping into mates and going, 'Do you want to get a pint?'”
“There's no snobbery in me.”
“I have a scary side of me.”
“I carry about eight lip balms: Burt's Bees, Rosebud Salve, Eos.”