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.
FLORENCE PUGHAs an actor, it’s very interesting to make the audience love you while you are doing horrendous things.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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Why shouldn’t there be more epic, brilliant female characters onscreen?
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Every time ‘Lady Macbeth’ and everyone involved in the film gets nominated, it’s amazing.
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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’ve tried not to get too bogged down by what people want you to be.
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For me, I really appreciate seeing real bodies on screen, that variation, not the same frames we saw for the majority of our upbringing, making us feel like we have to look that way.
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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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As an actor, it’s very interesting to make the audience love you while you are doing horrendous things.
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We tend to kind of write women out of history.
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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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Throughout my life, I’ve been that annoying kid on every stage at school, in every talent contest.
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I want women on-screen that we all either want to be, or we know, or we recognize.
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I know that my way of tackling a character is very different.
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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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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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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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