I like a role where some of the character’s motivations are confusing or at least interesting.
FLORENCE PUGHI 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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I wrestled at the Staples Centre at ‘Monday Night Raw’ when I was 21 years old.
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I grew up in a very loud family where you had to fight to get your voice heard, in a good way.
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What’s important is to listen before you react.
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In order for us to appreciate this world, we have to be a bit more honest, and I hope I do that.
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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 don’t want to feel like I have to change myself or my image.
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We tend to kind of write women out of history.
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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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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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When I look for roles, I am looking for incredibly powerful women.
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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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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 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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Throughout my life, I’ve been that annoying kid on every stage at school, in every talent contest.
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I know that my way of tackling a character is very different.
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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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I always did a lot of singing and dancing, so I am glad it worked out that way. I would like to study stage acting at some point, though.
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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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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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What I’ve noticed about Hollywood is, if you go out there shouting about who you are, they will love you for it. But if you go out not knowing what it is that you’re representing, and you are just a canvas, they will make you into the thing they need you to be.
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Do we need to have a female Bond? Couldn’t we just make something new?
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The fact that I’ve been nominated for a BAFTA is insane.
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My dad still collects newspaper clippings about me.
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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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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 can definitely hold my hands up and say wrestling wasn’t something that I grew up watching.
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