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.
FLORENCE PUGHI like a role where some of the character’s motivations are confusing or at least interesting.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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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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My characters do have some fantastic taste in men.
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Wearing a corset is extremely uncomfortable.
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I think it’s good to not edit your life too much, or you give people different standards.
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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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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 wrestled at the Staples Centre at ‘Monday Night Raw’ when I was 21 years old.
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We tend to kind of write women out of history.
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What we don’t realise when we watch a normal film is how many times someone has run in just before a shot quickly to wipe away that sweaty moustache.
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I suppose, used a different language or a different etiquette, but ultimately, these are still people that loved and breathed and lived and ate and weed and pooed just like we do now.
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I remember being about six years old, for the first day of school, and sitting in the back of a Chrysler, pretending to cry while listening to Tracy Chapman.
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It’s always shocking when you see a modern woman in a period story line. It doesn’t make sense.
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In ‘Fighting With My Family,’ there’s a scene where I have to wrestle; I have to do the famous fight between Paige and AJ Lee.
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Every time ‘Lady Macbeth’ and everyone involved in the film gets nominated, it’s amazing.
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I don’t think I’m going to be an international sex symbol. I mean, I know I’m not going to be an international sex symbol.
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During the Me Too breakthrough, I was hanging out with Emma Thompson and Emily Watson – two people I’ve looked up to my entire life. Talking to those women was so empowering.
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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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If you look at it, the corset is a very beautiful item, but when I put one on, I realized how little you could actually move.
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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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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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The Kate Winslet thing has been a shocker. I was like, that is the most ridiculous claim.
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Feisty women are my calling!
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I do like a bit of danger. Guns, cars, running, bullets. I’m up for it.
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The women I’m attracted to playing I hope will mean something to someone.
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I don’t want to feel like I have to change myself or my image.
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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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