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" 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. "

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" 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

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Woman

Ideas

" I've always been able to look very different very easily. "

" I describe my personal style as 'mythic space horse with chocolate box tendencies.' "

" Occasionally I get messages from women saying that I've brought them some joy, and that's unbelievably thrilling. "

" I only ever wanted to be a model. This acting thing - three years of drama school - is an accident! "

" '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. "

" 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. "

" I am still a person with a sense of superficiality that I'm trying to challenge. "

" Going to the gym is something I haven't done regularly since I was a child. "

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

" 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.' "

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

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

" The fantasy genre has so far rather embraced me, and I'm incredibly grateful for that. "

Gwendoline Christie

Far

Rather

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

" 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. "

" I quite like looking mucky; it's quite nice not having to care about how you look. "

Gwendoline Christie

Look

Looking

" Terry Gilliam is someone I'd always deeply admired. I saw his films when I was a child. "

" It's very hard as a tall woman to remove your deliberately pronounced feminine aspects and look more masculine. "

" I do all my own stunts and come away with bruises and scratches. "

" 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. "

" I think everybody has the capacity for change. "

" I loved working with Michelle Fairley. "

" I love being tall. as you literally look at life from a different perspective: it's easier to breeze through life's turmoils; there's more room to breathe. "

" I used to do karaoke with Patrick Woolf in a karaoke box, and he would ring me up and say, 'Come down and do karaoke with me here,' and then we'd sing Kate Bush songs and get really, really emotional and theatrical in the booth. "

Gwendoline Christie

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Down

" My parents treated my height as a wonderful thing to be celebrated, but also normal. "

" I enjoy knocking around with the boys. "

" 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. "

" Bart The Bear was fantastic to work with. Absolutely brilliant and so, so good. The things that that bear could do to order! He was one of the best actors I've ever worked with. "

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