Feisty women are my calling!
FLORENCE PUGHI have been enormously lucky. My first role was in a great film by a woman director.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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If I can make my mark just a little bit, then great.
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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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Someone asked if I wanted to be the first female Bond, and I was saying that I don’t think we necessarily need that whole conversation.
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When I look for roles, I am looking for incredibly powerful women.
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What’s important is to listen before you react.
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Why shouldn’t there be more epic, brilliant female characters onscreen?
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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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I don’t think I’m going to be an international sex symbol. I mean, I know I’m not going to be an international sex symbol.
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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 found out I got ‘The Little Drummer Girl’ and my BAFTA nomination in quick succession, and I just didn’t expect it to be like that. I thought there would be a lot more time in between. It’s been an overwhelming experience.
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I have learned how to wrestle. You end up battered and blue – but so happy.
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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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I got a really good insight into the world of wrestling.
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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 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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