When I look for roles, I am looking for incredibly powerful women.
FLORENCE PUGHWhy shouldn’t there be more epic, brilliant female characters onscreen?
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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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I’m a bit of a gypsy. I live everywhere; I live out of a bag.
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That’s something I’ve always appreciated watching actors that I’ve looked up to, is when they look like you and me, or they have a funny elbow, or they have, you know, a hairy face.
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I think there’s always some good reason to try and modernize most period things, because at the end of the day, they may have,
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In order for us to appreciate this world, we have to be a bit more honest, and I hope I do that.
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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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The Silence of the Lambs’ is my favourite book, favourite film.
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Throughout my life, I’ve been that annoying kid on every stage at school, in every talent contest.
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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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For me, it’s always been so obvious that the less we can edit our lives and more we show how normal we all are, the better.
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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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I got a really good insight into the world of wrestling.
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I like a face that hasn’t been tampered with.
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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 wrestled at the Staples Centre at ‘Monday Night Raw’ when I was 21 years old.
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I love watching faces as they grow up. It’s the difference between so many strong British actresses compared to what America does to women.
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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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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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The Kate Winslet thing has been a shocker. I was like, that is the most ridiculous claim.
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Sometimes in the real world, there is fire between people.
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We tend to kind of write women out of history.
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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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I know that my way of tackling a character is very different.
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I am learning on every job I do. There is something new every time.
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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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The women I’m attracted to playing I hope will mean something to someone.
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