In order for us to appreciate this world, we have to be a bit more honest, and I hope I do that.
FLORENCE PUGHI’m a bit of a gypsy. I live everywhere; I live out of a bag.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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My dad still collects newspaper clippings about me.
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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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Why shouldn’t there be more epic, brilliant female characters onscreen?
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I’m a bit of a gypsy. I live everywhere; I live out of a bag.
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I am learning on every job I do. There is something new every time.
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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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Wearing a corset is extremely uncomfortable.
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If people are noticing the hard work I’m doing, then that’s a wonderful thing.
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When 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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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 love Le Carre’s writing.
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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 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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Do we need to have a female Bond? Couldn’t we just make something new?
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I think there’s always some good reason to try and modernize most period things, because at the end of the day, they may have,
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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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We’re learning things every decade we grow through, and ultimately, you do end up with a different way of looking at things.
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I want women on-screen that we all either want to be, or we know, or we recognize.
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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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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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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 can definitely hold my hands up and say wrestling wasn’t something that I grew up watching.
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What’s important is to listen before you react.
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If you ever want to be interrogated, get Michael Shannon to do it. He’s an amazing man. I loved working with him.
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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 used to reenact ‘Titanic’ all the time.
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