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 PUGHIn ‘Fighting With My Family,’ there’s a scene where I have to wrestle; I have to do the famous fight between Paige and AJ Lee.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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When I look for roles, I am looking for incredibly powerful women.
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Amazing, obviously. She’s been my idol since I re-enacted ‘Titanic’ and fell in love with Leo. And it’s a privilege to be called the next anything. But I suppose to be the next you is all you can do.
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The fact that I’ve been nominated for a BAFTA is insane.
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I always hate it when I see the wrong person in massive roles, so for me, my biggest fear would be accepting a role I thought I wouldn’t find the rhythm of.
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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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I can definitely hold my hands up and say wrestling wasn’t something that I grew up watching.
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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 was acting with all my childhood heroes: Meryl Streep, Saoirse Ronan, all of those amazing women.
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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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You are hugely responsible for people following you. You need to work out why you are posting, what the message is, and what you are doing to these people.
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We’re learning things every decade we grow through, and ultimately, you do end up with a different way of looking at things.
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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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Why aren’t there these epic roles for women, for whatever age you are?
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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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