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.
FLORENCE PUGHI want women on-screen that we all either want to be, or we know, or we recognize.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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I played Mary at the age of seven in my first nativity play, and I loved it – there is something so fascinating about embodying someone else.
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I know that my way of tackling a character is very different.
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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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I can definitely hold my hands up and say wrestling wasn’t something that I grew up watching.
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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’s something I’ve always appreciated watching actors that I’ve looked up to, is when they look like you and me, or they have a funny elbow, or they have, you know, a hairy face.
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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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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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What’s important is to listen before you react.
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Wearing a corset is extremely uncomfortable.
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I was acting with all my childhood heroes: Meryl Streep, Saoirse Ronan, all of those amazing women.
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I love Le Carre’s writing.
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The fact that I’ve been nominated for a BAFTA is insane.
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What audiences love with series is that they can invest in characters for such a long period of time, and it’s the same for actors. You can truly tell your story; then it’s done.
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You never see a normal spot, a bag under the eye or an unplucked eyebrow, because that’s not how Hollywood works.
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