I think everyone’s always interested in playing a spy, right? That’s something we grow up admiring, which is so strange, but it’s just a very clever and quick world that we all want to be a part of.
FLORENCE PUGHDuring 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.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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As an actor, it’s very interesting to make the audience love you while you are doing horrendous things.
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I was acting with all my childhood heroes: Meryl Streep, Saoirse Ronan, all of those amazing women.
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When I look for roles, I am looking for incredibly powerful women.
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We actually did perform it in front of all those thousands of people. And just beforehand, we had a little dress rehearsal, and there were all these famous wrestlers going around and watching as well. Terrifying.
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I got a really good insight into the world of wrestling.
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I am learning on every job I do. There is something new every time.
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In order for us to appreciate this world, we have to be a bit more honest, and I hope I do that.
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I think you’re always attracted by characters that are a little bit like you, or at least the worst parts of you that you can finally accept and say, ‘All right, at least I know that now!’
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What’s important is to listen before you react.
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Why aren’t there these epic roles for women, for whatever age you are?
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I remember being about six years old, for the first day of school, and sitting in the back of a Chrysler, pretending to cry while listening to Tracy Chapman.
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I wrestled at the Staples Centre at ‘Monday Night Raw’ when I was 21 years old.
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I always did a lot of singing and dancing, so I am glad it worked out that way. I would like to study stage acting at some point, though.
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I do like a bit of danger. Guns, cars, running, bullets. I’m up for it.
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As beautiful as cinema is, it’s a massive part of the problem of why we look at ourselves in the way we do.
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