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.
FLORENCE PUGHSomeone 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.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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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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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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My characters do have some fantastic taste in men.
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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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What we don’t realise when we watch a normal film is how many times someone has run in just before a shot quickly to wipe away that sweaty moustache.
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The whole wrestling art, it’s a whole form, is performance, and that’s what makes it so exciting to do.
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When you’re given a platform, and you’re allowed to perform, and someone’s there to heighten you as opposed to dampen you, that’s a nice feeling.
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If people are noticing the hard work I’m doing, then that’s a wonderful thing.
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You are hugely responsible for people following you. You need to work out why you are posting, what the message is, and what you are doing to these people.
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As beautiful as cinema is, it’s a massive part of the problem of why we look at ourselves in the way we do.
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Lady Macbeth’ is a great opportunity for me to prove that maybe the outcome of ‘The Falling’ was not necessarily a fluke.
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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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The Silence of the Lambs’ is my favourite book, favourite film.
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The fact that I’ve been nominated for a BAFTA is insane.
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