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.
FLORENCE PUGHWe 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.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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I am learning on every job I do. There is something new every time.
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I do like a bit of danger. Guns, cars, running, bullets. I’m up for it.
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Throughout my life, I’ve been that annoying kid on every stage at school, in every talent contest.
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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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You never see a normal spot, a bag under the eye or an unplucked eyebrow, because that’s not how Hollywood works.
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The Silence of the Lambs’ is my favourite book, favourite film.
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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 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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Playing Paige, I felt I had to train to wrestle.
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There’s a reason why there’s a problem with bodies, and it’s because you never actually get to see any normal versions of them.
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Why shouldn’t there be more epic, brilliant female characters onscreen?
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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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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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Why aren’t there these epic roles for women, for whatever age you are?
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We’re learning things every decade we grow through, and ultimately, you do end up with a different way of looking at things.
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There’s always going to be pressure, and there’s always going to be an area where you disappoint. As a storyteller, you have to understand that.
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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 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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Do we need to have a female Bond? Couldn’t we just make something new?
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The one thing that I always try and take with me, if there’s, like, a remake, or you’re doing something again, is that every generation has a new story to tell.
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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 have been enormously lucky. My first role was in a great film by a woman director.
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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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In ‘Fighting With My Family,’ there’s a scene where I have to wrestle; I have to do the famous fight between Paige and AJ Lee.
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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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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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