I’ve tried not to get too bogged down by what people want you to be.
FLORENCE PUGHWhen 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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We tend to kind of write women out of history.
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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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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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Someone 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.
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Everybody’s story of getting into the industry is just as difficult as the next person. Whether you come from money or no money, it’s not easy… you have to offer yourself; you can’t expect someone to get you.
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The Falling’ was a big, flashy, bizarre experience. I kept on saying at the time it was a fluke because I did the audition, and I didn’t think anything would come of it.
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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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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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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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I think it’s so interesting which ways your career can go. I would have been a completely different actor doing a completely different story, and I would have missed ‘Lady Macbeth.’
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As an actor, it’s very interesting to make the audience love you while you are doing horrendous things.
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I used to reenact ‘Titanic’ all the time.
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Every time ‘Lady Macbeth’ and everyone involved in the film gets nominated, it’s amazing.
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When I look for roles, I am looking for incredibly powerful women.
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Why aren’t there these epic roles for women, for whatever age you are?
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