Throughout my life, I’ve been that annoying kid on every stage at school, in every talent contest.
FLORENCE PUGHWhy aren’t there these epic roles for women, for whatever age you are?
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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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What’s important is to listen before you react.
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I love Le Carre’s writing.
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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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If I can make my mark just a little bit, then great.
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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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When I look for roles, I am looking for incredibly powerful women.
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Wearing a corset is extremely uncomfortable.
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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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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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I always hate it when I see the wrong person in massive roles, so for me, my biggest fear would be accepting a role I thought I wouldn’t find the rhythm of.
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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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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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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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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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