Lena Headey Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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 look at someone like Kathryn Bigelow, and I have so much admiration. She's playing in the boy's sandpit, and winning.”

“As a teenager I was clinically depressed. Although I had lots of friends, I found those years very difficult.”

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

“I am very much a seat-of-the-pants actor. I will prepare when I have to. But I like being unprepared.”

“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.”

“Sometimes it's a bizarre, fairly cold, and horrifying thing to be a parent.”

“It's a feeling without a lid, of what you would do, physically, verbally, to protect the one thing that is your greatest love.”

“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.'”

“It's amazing the things that you cry at. I cry when I smell my son's hair in the morning. We have a moment of peace and I'll be like, 'Ahhhh! How can you love this much?'”