Do we need to have a female Bond? Couldn’t we just make something new?
FLORENCE PUGHThe biggest thing about ‘Lady Macbeth’ is the fact that people are so surprised that this woman is so amazing, and really, it shouldn’t be so amazing that this incredible character is on our screens.
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I wrestled at the Staples Centre at ‘Monday Night Raw’ when I was 21 years old.
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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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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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I’ve tried not to get too bogged down by what people want you to be.
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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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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 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 love Le Carre’s writing.
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And I’m a very physical person: I talk with my hands. And I felt how the clothes took that away from me. And that was the idea, I think. It was a way of limiting women.
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I got a really good insight into the world of wrestling.
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Why aren’t there these epic roles for women, for whatever age you are?
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When I look for roles, I am looking for incredibly powerful women.
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I’ve been told to be skinny before – it’s already happened, but it’s up to you to either listen or say no. I’m not listening.
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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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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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The biggest thing about ‘Lady Macbeth’ is the fact that people are so surprised that this woman is so amazing, and really, it shouldn’t be so amazing that this incredible character is on our screens.
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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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If you ever want to be interrogated, get Michael Shannon to do it. He’s an amazing man. I loved working with him.
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Wearing a corset is extremely uncomfortable.
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I don’t want to feel like I have to change myself or my image.
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When you’re given a platform, and you’re allowed to perform, and someone’s there to heighten you as opposed to dampen you, that’s a nice feeling.
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I love all of Kate Winslet’s characters. And Natalie Portman. If I can have a smidgen of what they’ve done, that would be awesome.
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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 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 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 grew up in a very loud and dramatic household, and we loved being in the spotlight.
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