I hope to create characters that people want to watch – and they either want to be or are, or it’s something that they recognize.
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More Florence Pugh Quotes
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During the Me Too breakthrough, I was hanging out with Emma Thompson and Emily Watson – two people I’ve looked up to my entire life. Talking to those women was so empowering.
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The women I’m attracted to playing I hope will mean something to someone.
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Why aren’t there these epic roles for women, for whatever age you are?
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Someone asked if I wanted to be the first female Bond, and I was saying that I don’t think we necessarily need that whole conversation.
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There’s a reason why there’s a problem with bodies, and it’s because you never actually get to see any normal versions of them.
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If you look at it, the corset is a very beautiful item, but when I put one on, I realized how little you could actually move.
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When I look for roles, I am looking for incredibly powerful women.
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Girls have that wonderful thing where they try to throw each other off, not wanting to appear too eager.
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I played Mary at the age of seven in my first nativity play, and I loved it – there is something so fascinating about embodying someone else.
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There’s always going to be pressure, and there’s always going to be an area where you disappoint. As a storyteller, you have to understand that.
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Throughout my life, I’ve been that annoying kid on every stage at school, in every talent contest.
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My dad still collects newspaper clippings about me.
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What we don’t realise when we watch a normal film is how many times someone has run in just before a shot quickly to wipe away that sweaty moustache.
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You never see a normal spot, a bag under the eye or an unplucked eyebrow, because that’s not how Hollywood works.
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I can’t remember a Friday when I was younger when I wasn’t eating a pizza, flirting with the barman.
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