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.
FLORENCE PUGHThroughout my life, I’ve been that annoying kid on every stage at school, in every talent contest.
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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 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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The Silence of the Lambs’ is my favourite book, favourite film.
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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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I like a face that hasn’t been tampered with.
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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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Playing Paige, I felt I had to train to wrestle.
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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 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’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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Something that I’ve always been really keen on representing is some honesty with the way that we view ourselves.
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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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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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The 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.
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