Lucy Lawless
Lucy Lawless
Lucille Frances "Lucy" Lawless, MNZMis a New Zealand actress best known for playing the title character of the internationally successful television series Xena: Warrior Princess...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth29 March 1968
CityMount Albert, New Zealand
female-role-models roles letters
At first, being a female role model really terrified me. But it hasn't turned out to be an awful burden. I get a lot of letters from women who tell me that, after watching Xena, they have bought the Harley-Davidson they always wanted or left an abusive relationship.
growing-up real hero
Growing up, I looked up to real women. I didn't go in for hero worship and I still don't. Everybody has feet of clay.
couple said yeah
Xena and Gabrielle were a couple...in the end, it was if not explicitly said, it was implicit that...yeah, they totally were.
sex two different
Nudity and sex scenes are two completely different things. Nudity you can kind of get used to, but not when there is movement and relating involved. The sex scenes are very uncomfortable because that's something to be protected, so you have a visceral reaction to not exploit that.
play deception looks
Very often, I'm part of the deception because the way I play things is that I want you to be able to look back and go, "Oh, my god, I didn't see that at the time, but now it all makes sense," and you want to watch it a second time with the benefit of hindsight.
fun lines way
I'm a bloody fun-seeker. Whatever the role is, I'll find a way to deliver the line that is confounding.
real vampire flesh
There will be hoards of vampire bats descending on Beverly Hills.... We'll see if they can find any real flesh to puncture. I don't know.
nice world littles
I get to do all these really nice, little culty things. It seems to be the world that keeps inviting me back.
tongue comedy shows
We actually did quite a lot of comedy on 'Xena'. The whole show was very tongue-in-cheek.
night acting sitting
I was sitting in the looping studio late one night, and I had this epiphany that they weren't paying me for my acting, for God's sake, but to own me. And from then on, it became clear and an awful lot easier to deal with.
fun lucky break-out
I just look at what's the most fun thing I can do next. I'm not looking to prove anything, or to break out or to break away. I feel so lucky, honestly, that I'm still working.
catch good keys paid pick quite somebody throws
I was black and blue for about two years, but it's paid off tremendously. You know, if you get enough whacks, your reflexes pick up, and I've become quite good - if somebody throws keys or something, I can catch them.
existence indicate sign
I am waiting for a sign that will indicate to me what meaning I must give to my life, but right now my existence is satisfactory.
saving serious vampire
Yeah. I'm saving the world from vampire bats, ... It's very serious business.