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 PUGHWhat audiences love with series is that they can invest in characters for such a long period of time, and it’s the same for actors. You can truly tell your story; then it’s done.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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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 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 suppose, used a different language or a different etiquette, but ultimately, these are still people that loved and breathed and lived and ate and weed and pooed just like we do now.
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We tend to kind of write women out of history.
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What 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.
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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 want women on-screen that we all either want to be, or we know, or we recognize.
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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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When I look for roles, I am looking for incredibly powerful women.
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I don’t think I’m going to be an international sex symbol. I mean, I know I’m not going to be an international sex symbol.
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I have learned how to wrestle. You end up battered and blue – but so happy.
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I love Le Carre’s writing.
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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 used to reenact ‘Titanic’ all the time.
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The Silence of the Lambs’ is my favourite book, favourite film.
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