Lucy Lawless: (on guest starring on "The X-Files") They had to keep reining me back during my episodes, because I was going, 'Where's the blood? Who do you want me to kick first?'
Lucy Lawless: I once bungee jumped out of a helicopter. It was an 800 foot fall, and I wasn`t that impressed. You`re so high above the ground that you don`t get the sense of imminent death like you do when you are jumping off, say, a bridge.
Lucy Lawless: (on the final episode of Xena) I don't know why people expected us to walk off into the sunset. It was the strong choice, the bold choice, the risky choice, and I know some people don't like it, but the characters come full circle. She lived by the sword, and by golly she died by the sword!
Lucy Lawless: (on guest starring on Less Than Perfect) They asked me to do a Kiwi accent. I was just, 'Oh! Why would I want to do that? I'm not really acting when I do that.' Then I thought, 'Hell, give it a shot!' It might not seem like a stretch to people for me to do comedy with a Kiwi accent, but it is, actually. I haven't done that for many years.
Lucy Lawless: Some people don't think sitcoms or comedy are important, but I think it's very important. Actors want to do drama because that gets because that gets all the respect, but I think human beings just need a good laugh and they need to feel like they have friends on television.
Lucy: I bet not even Cher has fans of this caliber!
(Lucy on singing on stage)
Lucy: Live performance is always a gamble and you just have to flow with whatever happens.
Lucy: I am playing a lead role in a new ABC show called Footballers' Wives. I heard about it weeks ago but refused to go in on it because A - I don't like football and B - I don't play wives!
Lucy: (laughingly, on photo shoots) Everybody always puts a sword in my hand.
Lucy Lawless: (on husband Rob Tapert) I really want a man to be a man, but I love it that he can come home and gossip with me like a girlfriend. He's alot of fun. And tender. That's the other thing. You need a man to be strong yet tender.
Lucy Lawless: I recommend, if you have a kooky idea or if you have a genuine compliment, instead of being shy and not paying it, just say it! Pay the compliment! Just cuz you're alive. Don't miss those opportunities to spread a little joy.
Lucy Lawless: But I don't even look like Xena. I'm much more slight than people expect. My hair's actually sort of mousy brown.
Lucy Lawless: (on the tv show "Xena") I always call it a goofy show for smart people.
Lucy: (after the birth of her third child) I feel I've done my bit to overpopulate the planet and I can stop now.
Lucy Lawless: (on working with guest stars on Xena Warrior Princess) In the early days you could dislike somebody just because you were tired. I think that I became a better person, more understanding of the production process and was more concerned about the comfort of the other actors on the show as the show went on. Now, somebody would really have to go out of their way to make me dislike them. But I think, generally, I can find something to respect about most people.
(Lucy on why she loves playing the character of Meg on Xena: Warrior Princess so much)
Lucy Lawless: I don't know. It's like, secretly, that's the real Lucy.
(on the husband's role during labor)
Lucy: The best thing he can do is just not be offended if she asks for one thing one second and then says 'Get the Hell away from me' in the next. Just ride with it, it's all part of the deal. It's an interesting roller coaster. But my experience was that I just needed him to be there, to be simple and do nothing really. Just be with me.
(on doing love scenes with Kevin Smith)
Lucy Lawless: You know, it's funny, because there's no schwing. Kevin and I have worked together so much and if you have to kiss anyone, let it be Kevin Smith for all sorts of reasons. Not just because he's gorgeous, but because he's not confused about it. It's totally safe. And then the next episode (Amphipolis Under Siege) we had to do it so long all day, that it got to be like shaking hands.
(comparing her first and second pregnancies)
Lucy Lawless: There's none of the stress that you inevitably go through when you're nineteen and and discover you're pregnant. Even though I had the support of my father who was terrific, at nineteen everyone thought your life would go another way. There is the perception that you were going to be a highly successful something and now your life is over. I think a lot of people did think that for me.
Lucy Lawless: 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.
Lucy Lawless: Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot.
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