The whole wrestling art, it’s a whole form, is performance, and that’s what makes it so exciting to do.
FLORENCE PUGHEvery time ‘Lady Macbeth’ and everyone involved in the film gets nominated, it’s amazing.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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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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I do like a bit of danger. Guns, cars, running, bullets. I’m up for it.
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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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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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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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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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I grew up in a very loud and dramatic household, and we loved being in the spotlight.
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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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I really take my hat off to anybody that steps in the ring because it’s so hard – you’re competing against your friends, and you’re working in front of an audience who tells you exactly what they’re thinking.
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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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We tend to kind of write women out of history.
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Wearing a corset is extremely uncomfortable.
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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 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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