As beautiful as cinema is, it’s a massive part of the problem of why we look at ourselves in the way we do.
FLORENCE PUGHAnd 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.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Throughout my life, I’ve been that annoying kid on every stage at school, in every talent contest.
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I do like a bit of danger. Guns, cars, running, bullets. I’m up for it.
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I know that my way of tackling a character is very different.
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Playing Paige, I felt I had to train to wrestle.
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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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I can’t remember a Friday when I was younger when I wasn’t eating a pizza, flirting with the barman.
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Every time ‘Lady Macbeth’ and everyone involved in the film gets nominated, it’s amazing.
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I’ve been told to be skinny before – it’s already happened, but it’s up to you to either listen or say no. I’m not listening.
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The women I’m attracted to playing I hope will mean something to someone.
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I love all of Kate Winslet’s characters. And Natalie Portman. If I can have a smidgen of what they’ve done, that would be awesome.
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