Playing Paige, I felt I had to train to wrestle.
FLORENCE PUGHWhat I’ve noticed about Hollywood is, if you go out there shouting about who you are, they will love you for it. But if you go out not knowing what it is that you’re representing, and you are just a canvas, they will make you into the thing they need you to be.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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My dad still collects newspaper clippings about me.
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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’m a bit of a gypsy. I live everywhere; I live out of a bag.
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Why aren’t there these epic roles for women, for whatever age you are?
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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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If people are noticing the hard work I’m doing, then that’s a wonderful thing.
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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 wrestled at the Staples Centre at ‘Monday Night Raw’ when I was 21 years old.
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I have learned how to wrestle. You end up battered and blue – but so happy.
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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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Wearing a corset is extremely uncomfortable.
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The biggest thing about ‘Lady Macbeth’ is the fact that people are so surprised that this woman is so amazing, and really, it shouldn’t be so amazing that this incredible character is on our screens.
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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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My characters do have some fantastic taste in men.
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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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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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Sometimes in the real world, there is fire between people.
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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 and dramatic household, and we loved being in the spotlight.
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If I can make my mark just a little bit, then great.
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You never see a normal spot, a bag under the eye or an unplucked eyebrow, because that’s not how Hollywood works.
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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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I used to reenact ‘Titanic’ all the time.
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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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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 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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