Throughout my life, I’ve been that annoying kid on every stage at school, in every talent contest.
FLORENCE PUGHIn order for us to appreciate this world, we have to be a bit more honest, and I hope I do that.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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The Silence of the Lambs’ is my favourite book, favourite film.
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When I look for roles, I am looking for incredibly powerful women.
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Something that I’ve always been really keen on representing is some honesty with the way that we view ourselves.
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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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I suppose, used a different language or a different etiquette, but ultimately, these are still people that loved and breathed and lived and ate and weed and pooed just like we do now.
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I do like a bit of danger. Guns, cars, running, bullets. I’m up for it.
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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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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 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 have learned how to wrestle. You end up battered and blue – but so happy.
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I am learning on every job I do. There is something new every time.
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Playing Paige, I felt I had to train to wrestle.
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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 got a really good insight into the world of wrestling.
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