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.
FLORENCE PUGHThat, for me, actually is the most important thing about doing a period film is trying to make these people as lovable as they are back then.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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There was one moment when I was in L.A., and he was teaching me a move. I just looked at him, thinking, ‘Oh my God, I’m being taught to wrestle by Dwayne Johnson. What the hell?’
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What I’ve noticed about Hollywood is, if you go out there shouting about who you are, they will love you for it. But if you go out not knowing what it is that you’re representing, and you are just a canvas, they will make you into the thing they need you to be.
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The Kate Winslet thing has been a shocker. I was like, that is the most ridiculous claim.
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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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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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I got a really good insight into the world of wrestling.
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I don’t want to feel like I have to change myself or my image.
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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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I like a face that hasn’t been tampered with.
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I found out I got ‘The Little Drummer Girl’ and my BAFTA nomination in quick succession, and I just didn’t expect it to be like that. I thought there would be a lot more time in between. It’s been an overwhelming experience.
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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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I don’t think I’m going to be an international sex symbol. I mean, I know I’m not going to be an international sex symbol.
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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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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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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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