I like a role where some of the character’s motivations are confusing or at least interesting.
FLORENCE PUGHThroughout my life, I’ve been that annoying kid on every stage at school, in every talent contest.
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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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It’s always shocking when you see a modern woman in a period story line. It doesn’t make sense.
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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 know that my way of tackling a character is very different.
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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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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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As an actor, it’s very interesting to make the audience love you while you are doing horrendous things.
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That’s something I’ve always appreciated watching actors that I’ve looked up to, is when they look like you and me, or they have a funny elbow, or they have, you know, a hairy face.
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Why aren’t there these epic roles for women, for whatever age you are?
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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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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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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 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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Girls have that wonderful thing where they try to throw each other off, not wanting to appear too eager.
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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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