Some 'Terminator' fans are outraged that I'm playing Sarah Connor. They think I'm not muscly enough. To be honest, I'm a little tired of the comparisons to Linda Hamilton. I know she will always be the original Sarah Connor, but when people see what I bring to the role, they will look at her with new eyes.

Lena Headey

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There's nothing more exciting for an actor than a chance to lose, to be someone who has lost - especially if it's someone who starts off with a veneer of control. To be broken is wonderful.

Lena Headey

actors chance broken

People do seem to think that I'm going to be some wicked witch, and then they're always surprised to find out I'm just a little clumsy nerd.

Lena Headey

nerd people thinking

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

Lena Headey

defeat purpose thinking

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.

Lena Headey

genius monsters looks

I hate being looked at. Can't stand it. I know, I know - I picked the wrong career.

Lena Headey

i-hate careers hate

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.

Lena Headey

brother jobs directors

I have an internal protectiveness where it's like, if it comes to just me, as frightened as I am of losing someone I love or things going sour or simply being alone, there is a dark place in my brain where I'm like, It could happen and I'm okay, I'm prepared.

Lena Headey

losing-someone dark brain

I love being physical, but I am extreme either way. I can be superfit. And then I can be really lazy and ignore everything.

Lena Headey

lazy love-is way

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

Lena Headey

careers problem done

I have a playlist of farts on my phone.

Lena Headey

fart playlists phones

I was obsessed with vampires when I was 13 or 14.

Lena Headey

vampire obsessed

I almost never get recognised in the street.

Lena Headey

streets

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?'

Lena Headey

hair morning son

I hate being looked at. Can't stand it. I know, I know - I picked the wrong career. I should have been a doctor. If you play certain parts you have this nice face painted on you, and then you have feel as if you have a responsibility to this idea of being beautiful. I hate that about our business.

Lena Headey

nice hate beautiful

I do what I do; I cant control who thinks what.

Lena Headey

cant thinking

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.

Lena Headey

design careers fun

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

Lena Headey

seats pants actors

Having the tattoo itself is not really for the end result for me. I like having them done.

Lena Headey

tattoo done ends

I'm sort of like a T. rex in the world of female actresses. Every time a job is finished, I look at my car and think, 'Could I live in it?

Lena Headey

car jobs thinking

I think I cry when I'm angry. I let it go that way.

Lena Headey

let-it-go way thinking