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I look at someone like Kathryn Bigelow, and I have so much admiration. She's playing in the boy's sandpit, and winning.
Lena Headey
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Lena Headey
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: October 3
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Lena Kathren Headey
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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.
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For me, horror movies are a real escape.
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I love being physical, but I am extreme either way. I can be superfit. And then I can be really lazy and ignore everything.
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It's not socially acceptable to be a complete and utter manipulative cow.
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That scene in 'The Purge' where my kids, Mary's kids, are in danger was really crazy for me, because I suddenly I have my methods as an actor, so I went to the place of 'If somebody came near my children, with bad intent?'
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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.
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I hate being looked at. Can't stand it. I know, I know - I picked the wrong career.
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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.
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I almost never get recognised in the street.
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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.
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'Dredd' was a weird, little, out-of-the-blue thing for me.
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Having the tattoo itself is not really for the end result for me. I like having them done.
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With fantasy and sci-fi, it's based in a real fandom. You're presenting to experts, and their source material is really important to them.
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I've got quite a big gay following. I played a lesbian prostitute in the TV series 'Band Of Gold' but I think my following really grew when I played one in the film 'Imagine Me & You,' with Piper Perabo.
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Getting older and having kids, you learn how to become less serious about it all.
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