Lucy Lawless

I am waiting for a sign that will indicate to me what meaning I must give to my life, but right now…

— Lucy Lawless

It's never very useful to see your character as a villain. You have to play them the way they see themselves.

— Lucy Lawless

I am not intimidating. I am a woman's woman. I love hanging out with women. And people are really inspired by this…

— Lucy Lawless

My plan is to shock people with what I can do, because I've got a few sides to me that I've never…

— Lucy Lawless

For the first time in my life, I put my body and reputation on the line to stand up for my beliefs…

— Lucy Lawless

I think the people running climate change denial campaigns are sociopaths.

— Lucy Lawless

I get to do all these really nice, little culty things. It seems to be the world that keeps inviting me back.

— Lucy Lawless

Some people think that acting's about being somebody else and I don't. I think this is how I would be given the…

— Lucy Lawless

Who I think is actually doing great things for the appearance of women is that Kardashian girl. Kim Kardashian is giving an…

— Lucy Lawless

Now it wasn't just that Xena was bisexual and kinda liked her gal pal and they kind of fooled around sometimes, it…

— Lucy Lawless

I'm a bloody fun-seeker. Whatever the role is, I'll find a way to deliver the line that is confounding.

— Lucy Lawless

I'm not someone who ever enjoys violence against women or children.

— Lucy Lawless

Up until I came here this week, and I met so many women and young girls who feel, to use their word…

— Lucy Lawless

When you decide to become an opera singer, it's a commitment that allows nothing else to interfere. Even your family - and…

— Lucy Lawless

We actually did quite a lot of comedy on 'Xena'. The whole show was very tongue-in-cheek.

— Lucy Lawless

Happiness is a choice. You grieve, you stomp your feet, you pick yourself up and choose to be happy.

— Lucy Lawless

Growing up, I looked up to real women. I didn't go in for hero worship and I still don't. Everybody has feet…

— Lucy Lawless

Very often, I'm part of the deception because the way I play things is that I want you to be able to…

— Lucy Lawless

I've often wanted to play the victim, or somebody who makes terrible choices. I would love to play the alcoholic mother who…

— Lucy Lawless

One of my missions is to get people to go, "Oh, she's really nice and I really like her, but what were…

— Lucy Lawless

Comedies are often half-hour programs and then drama and action series are often an hour.

— Lucy Lawless

I've tried to divide my time between the US and New Zealand, but it's difficult, and I suddenly realized that I like…

— Lucy Lawless

At first, being a female role model really terrified me. But it hasn't turned out to be an awful burden. I get…

— Lucy Lawless

Xena and Gabrielle were a couple...in the end, it was if not explicitly said, it was implicit that...yeah, they totally were.

— Lucy Lawless

We live at the edge of the world, so we live on the edge. Kiwis will always sacrifice money and security for…

— Lucy Lawless