The fact that I’ve been nominated for a BAFTA is insane.
FLORENCE PUGHThe one thing that I always try and take with me, if there’s, like, a remake, or you’re doing something again, is that every generation has a new story to tell.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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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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As beautiful as cinema is, it’s a massive part of the problem of why we look at ourselves in the way we do.
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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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Girls have that wonderful thing where they try to throw each other off, not wanting to appear too eager.
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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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Something that I’ve always been really keen on representing is some honesty with the way that we view ourselves.
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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 can definitely hold my hands up and say wrestling wasn’t something that I grew up watching.
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I wrestled at the Staples Centre at ‘Monday Night Raw’ when I was 21 years old.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Every time ‘Lady Macbeth’ and everyone involved in the film gets nominated, it’s amazing.
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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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When I look for roles, I am looking for incredibly powerful women.
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For me, it’s always been so obvious that the less we can edit our lives and more we show how normal we all are, the better.
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I always hate it when I see the wrong person in massive roles, so for me, my biggest fear would be accepting a role I thought I wouldn’t find the rhythm of.
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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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Do we need to have a female Bond? Couldn’t we just make something new?
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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 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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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 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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