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.
FLORENCE PUGHI’ve tried not to get too bogged down by what people want you to be.
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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 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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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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Why shouldn’t there be more epic, brilliant female characters onscreen?
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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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The Kate Winslet thing has been a shocker. I was like, that is the most ridiculous claim.
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I grew up in a very loud family where you had to fight to get your voice heard, in a good way.
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I like a face that hasn’t been tampered with.
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The whole wrestling art, it’s a whole form, is performance, and that’s what makes it so exciting to do.
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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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What I’ve noticed about Hollywood is, if you go out there shouting about who you are, they will love you for it. But if you go out not knowing what it is that you’re representing, and you are just a canvas, they will make you into the thing they need you to be.
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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 have learned how to wrestle. You end up battered and blue – but so happy.
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Wearing a corset is extremely uncomfortable.
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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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