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
fun people themselves
It's really fun and the people who make it are fun. They don't take themselves too seriously.
people sides shock
My plan is to shock people with what I can do, because I've got a few sides to me that I've never used on screen.
running thinking people
I think the people running climate change denial campaigns are sociopaths.
people inspired intimidating
I am not intimidating. I am a woman's woman. I love hanging out with women. And people are really inspired by this show.
people roles like-me
So yes, the roles are getting more and more like me. But that's because Xena was so entirely unlike me. Most people aren't really aware of that.
nice odds people
One of my missions is to get people to go, "Oh, she's really nice and I really like her, but what were the words she just said?!" I want your instincts to be at odds with your mind.
people body lines
For the first time in my life, I put my body and reputation on the line to stand up for my beliefs and do the right thing. I hope I've encouraged other people to do the same.
locations photos seen total
I've seen photos of locations where we've shot, and there's total, total devastation.
french house lovely planned ride staying
I've been staying in a lovely little house in the French Quarter, and at first I planned to ride out the storm,
hour mile per traffic
The traffic was going 1 mile per hour sometimes,
angle camera character concerned crew footage fully shooting truly using within worrying
We were shooting video, and they are using footage that I and my crew actually shot. It was really exciting, worrying about the camera angle you are getting, and you were truly being your character and fully concerned about shooting the footage. It was like shooting a movie within a movie.
fell love moved totally
I would have moved there. I totally fell in love with it.
evocative house los louisiana love near wonderful
There is nothing I would love more than to film near my house in Los Angeles. But if you have to go away, Louisiana is a wonderful place to be. It's such an evocative place, visually and culturally.
category heard producer rang
Then we heard it was going to be a Category 5 storm, and I rang the producer and said, 'Let's get out of here. This is crazy'.