For me, I really appreciate seeing real bodies on screen, that variation, not the same frames we saw for the majority of our upbringing, making us feel like we have to look that way.
FLORENCE PUGHThere 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?’
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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The one thing that I always try and take with me, if there’s, like, a remake, or you’re doing something again, is that every generation has a new story to tell.
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That, 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.
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I can definitely hold my hands up and say wrestling wasn’t something that I grew up watching.
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I think it’s so interesting which ways your career can go. I would have been a completely different actor doing a completely different story, and I would have missed ‘Lady Macbeth.’
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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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The women I’m attracted to playing I hope will mean something to someone.
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I like a role where some of the character’s motivations are confusing or at least interesting.
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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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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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Why aren’t there these epic roles for women, for whatever age you are?
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Feisty women are my calling!
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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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I am learning on every job I do. There is something new every time.
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I do like a bit of danger. Guns, cars, running, bullets. I’m up for it.
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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 know that my way of tackling a character is very different.
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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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If people are noticing the hard work I’m doing, then that’s a wonderful thing.
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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 grew up in a very loud and dramatic household, and we loved being in the spotlight.
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My dad still collects newspaper clippings about me.
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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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I wanted to go to drama school, but when I got the part in ‘Falling,’ I got an agent, so it seemed a good idea to work.
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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 think it’s good to not edit your life too much, or you give people different standards.
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Do we need to have a female Bond? Couldn’t we just make something new?
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