Gwendoline Christie Quotes

If someone grabbed me, I'd probably be able to choke them out in about eight seconds.

I feel like if I ever got into some sort of rumble on the street, I will actually be able to defend myself.

I didn't know how to throw a punch - why would I? Who knows how to throw a punch? Now I do it all the time, and it makes me feel strong.

Hey, I took karate when I was 17 years old; I am dangerous.

I did not feel that I was designed for hand-to-hand combat.

I wasn't born to be a fighter. My hands are too small, and look at these short arms.

I had started also studying because I wanted to learn more about power and fighting.

A true measure of strength is to use your hands to incapacitate somebody.

I had so many older brothers who beat up on me, so I'm a tough kid. I love mixed martial arts, weapons training, guns, knives, driving fast cars and motorcycles.

I could definitely take someone out with my bare hands.

My father taught me how to fight when I was 5.

I'm a street fighter.

I learned to wrestle, I learned defensive fighting at a young age, because when someone hit me, I would throw up and fall down.

"What was that technique you were using on those bastards?" "An ancient form called kicking ass."

Who cared whether you could change motor oil when you could snap a rottweiler’s neck in 2.8 seconds? Now there was a practical skill.

If you would force me to be unarmed and helpless I would have to do everything in my power to neutralize you... Peace and love will get you killed. That doesn't sound like a hippie.

I just had this feeling that, if I were to get into a fight, somehow I would have the ability to fight back, just based on playing 'Street Fighter' for so many years of my life. It's almost like I actually learned martial arts.

Say you can't put one foot in front of the other, you punch like a child, and you're not flexible at all. We'll show you some aikido, some ground jujitsu, some gun stuff, some knife moves. We can make a pretty good-size dent with that.

I think my fighting skills have certainly been improved by working with Peter Jackson.

Martial arts should be part of every girl's education.

I've gotten into two fights since I've begun studying the martial arts, and each time, I was worried I'd kill the guy. One of my teachers always told me I had good power but bad control.

If you had no real training, if you hadn't spent years and years studying a martial art, how would you kill the bad guy?

I told my mom the reason I started working out was because I wanted to break the necks of the people picking on me. I wanted to hurt them. I said I didn't want any teacher to put me down any more.

People ask me about fighting in real life and, honestly, it wouldn't look as graceful as it does in film and TV.

We're all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people.