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.
FLORENCE PUGHThroughout my life, I’ve been that annoying kid on every stage at school, in every talent contest.
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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.
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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 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 am learning on every job I do. There is something new every time.
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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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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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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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I’ve tried not to get too bogged down by what people want you to be.
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I do like a bit of danger. Guns, cars, running, bullets. I’m up for 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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I really take my hat off to anybody that steps in the ring because it’s so hard – you’re competing against your friends, and you’re working in front of an audience who tells you exactly what they’re thinking.
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I used to reenact ‘Titanic’ all the time.
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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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Sometimes in the real world, there is fire between people.
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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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