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Gwendoline Christie Quotes

Part of the reason why I love acting is that you do hope that somehow your work will connect to people and somehow expand their consciousness somewhat, and being able to challenge notions of prejudice through work – through my work – is really thrilling.

– Gwendoline Christie

What I’ve always loved about gymnastics and one of the many reasons I love watching it now is the combination of skill and freedom it has – the discipline and expression – letting you dance.

– Gwendoline Christie

As a woman, we all want to feel attractive. We all want to feel that we’re making the very best of ourselves so we can accept ourselves.

– Gwendoline Christie

The whole format of ‘Game of Thrones’ is that you just don’t know what to expect.

– Gwendoline Christie

I trained in combat, sword fighting, horse riding… It’s empowering knowing that I can a break man’s nose with my elbow.

– Gwendoline Christie

I’m certainly really rather tall at 6 foot 3, and I’ve been this way since I was 14, but for years, women who are even 5 foot 10 have come up to me in the street and said, ‘Oh, it’s so nice to see a woman who is taller than me. I’ve always felt like a giant.’

– Gwendoline Christie

Everyone has something that defines them, whether they’re wildly intelligent or whether they have really big feet.

– Gwendoline Christie

The beauty of existence is that we get past the superficialities and material world and hopefully move into – lord – hopefully a bit of depth.

– Gwendoline Christie

Genuine and true love is so rare that when you encounter it in any form, it’s a wonderful thing, to be utterly cherished in whatever form it takes.

– Gwendoline Christie

I don’t really have any interest in playing the same part again and again. Let’s just keep everything crossed that doesn’t happen.

– Gwendoline Christie

I like to be comfortable. And I don’t like to have to worry about having to adjust things if things are too short; I don’t want to feel self conscious, so I like to wear things that make me feel empowered.

– Gwendoline Christie

There’s so many parts of my life that I’ve struggled with – that so many millions of others struggled with – about being an outsider, about feeling ugly, about having to overcome looking different to other people.

– Gwendoline Christie

I was a semi-professional gymnast as a child. I did rhythmic gymnastics, but I sustained an injury and strained all the muscles in my spine.

– Gwendoline Christie

As someone who has always felt at times pretty genderless because of my size, it interests me to challenge ideas of prejudice and femininity, and what it is to be a woman.

– Gwendoline Christie

I don’t know, so much of women’s femininity is tied up with their hair.

– Gwendoline Christie

‘Game of Thrones’ is a fantasy show not dedicated to any specific time, but it seems to exist in sort of a 1400s medieval fantasy world, and in that setting, I wouldn’t have had a six-pack.

– Gwendoline Christie

People come up to me and say, ‘You look so much better in real life.’

– Gwendoline Christie

My pseudonym is ‘George R. R. Martin.’ That guy’s just an actor.

– Gwendoline Christie

I love a challenge. And I love defying limitation, gender stereotypes, and people’s expectations of me as an actress.

– Gwendoline Christie

Rory McCann is an amazing actor and a very strong man.

– Gwendoline Christie

I think everyone loves a slash of red lipstick.

– Gwendoline Christie

My father always said, ‘You can do anything a man can do.’

– Gwendoline Christie

I’ve always liked fairy tale and spectacle. I wouldn’t say I was a fantasy fan, but anything beyond reality I’ve always found exciting – the work of David Lynch, the work of Tim Burton. But for me, I also love those things that are absolutely about human relationships.

– Gwendoline Christie

I absolutely love to relax and have fun. I like socializing; I like chatting. I like dancing, mixing with friends.

– Gwendoline Christie

The countryside in Belfast is beautiful. No technical wizardry is needed to show quite how glorious it is in its natural state.

– Gwendoline Christie

I describe my personal style as ‘mythic space horse with chocolate box tendencies.’

– Gwendoline Christie