I think it’s so interesting which ways your career can go. I would have been a completely different actor doing a completely different story, and I would have missed ‘Lady Macbeth.’
FLORENCE PUGHEverybody’s story of getting into the industry is just as difficult as the next person. Whether you come from money or no money, it’s not easy… you have to offer yourself; you can’t expect someone to get you.
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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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Why shouldn’t there be more epic, brilliant female characters onscreen?
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If I can make my mark just a little bit, then great.
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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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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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It’s always shocking when you see a modern woman in a period story line. It doesn’t make sense.
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Sometimes in the real world, there is fire between people.
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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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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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What we don’t realise when we watch a normal film is how many times someone has run in just before a shot quickly to wipe away that sweaty moustache.
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Lady Macbeth’ is a great opportunity for me to prove that maybe the outcome of ‘The Falling’ was not necessarily a fluke.
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I know that my way of tackling a character is very different.
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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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I wanted to go to drama school, but when I got the part in ‘Falling,’ I got an agent, so it seemed a good idea to work.
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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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