It’s always shocking when you see a modern woman in a period story line. It doesn’t make sense.
FLORENCE PUGHThe fact that I’ve been nominated for a BAFTA is insane.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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Why shouldn’t there be more epic, brilliant female characters onscreen?
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I used to reenact ‘Titanic’ all the time.
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I want women on-screen that we all either want to be, or we know, or we recognize.
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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 have been enormously lucky. My first role was in a great film by a woman director.
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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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The women I’m attracted to playing I hope will mean something to someone.
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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.
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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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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.
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What audiences love with series is that they can invest in characters for such a long period of time, and it’s the same for actors. You can truly tell your story; then it’s done.
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The Falling’ was a big, flashy, bizarre experience. I kept on saying at the time it was a fluke because I did the audition, and I didn’t think anything would come of it.
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Feisty women are my calling!
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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 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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