Lena Headey

I'm sad I'm not in 'The Purge 2.'

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

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

Getting older and having kids, you learn how to become less serious about it all.

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.

I was never one of the cool kids who read '2000 AD.'

There is always that thought that you might get stuck with a character. But there's always the notion that every character is always evolving.

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

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

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

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?'

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 don't think you should feel guilty about pleasure. Defeats the purpose.

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 was obsessed with vampires when I was 13 or 14.

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.'

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

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

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