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.
FLORENCE PUGHI have been enormously lucky. My first role was in a great film by a woman director.
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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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With ‘Lady Macbeth,’ I had two other things offered to me, and they would have also been very fun, but you just have to figure that out. And then you do it.
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If I can make my mark just a little bit, then great.
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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 don’t want to feel like I have to change myself or my image.
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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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It’s always shocking when you see a modern woman in a period story line. It doesn’t make sense.
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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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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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We actually did perform it in front of all those thousands of people. And just beforehand, we had a little dress rehearsal, and there were all these famous wrestlers going around and watching as well. Terrifying.
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I think everyone’s always interested in playing a spy, right? That’s something we grow up admiring, which is so strange, but it’s just a very clever and quick world that we all want to be a part of.
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Amazing, obviously. She’s been my idol since I re-enacted ‘Titanic’ and fell in love with Leo. And it’s a privilege to be called the next anything. But I suppose to be the next you is all you can do.
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I’ve tried not to get too bogged down by what people want you to be.
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Girls have that wonderful thing where they try to throw each other off, not wanting to appear too eager.
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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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