I am learning on every job I do. There is something new every time.
FLORENCE PUGHThe whole wrestling art, it’s a whole form, is performance, and that’s what makes it so exciting to do.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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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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Why shouldn’t there be more epic, brilliant female characters onscreen?
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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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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 was acting with all my childhood heroes: Meryl Streep, Saoirse Ronan, all of those amazing women.
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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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In ‘Fighting With My Family,’ there’s a scene where I have to wrestle; I have to do the famous fight between Paige and AJ Lee.
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I got a really good insight into the world of wrestling.
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Amazing, obviously. She’s been my idol since I re-enacted ‘Titanic’ and fell in love with Leo. And it’s a privilege to be called the next anything. But I suppose to be the next you is all you can do.
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The women I’m attracted to playing I hope will mean something to someone.
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I can definitely hold my hands up and say wrestling wasn’t something that I grew up watching.
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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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I wrestled at the Staples Centre at ‘Monday Night Raw’ when I was 21 years old.
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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 always hate it when I see the wrong person in massive roles, so for me, my biggest fear would be accepting a role I thought I wouldn’t find the rhythm of.
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We’re learning things every decade we grow through, and ultimately, you do end up with a different way of looking at things.
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I’ve tried not to get too bogged down by what people want you to be.
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During the Me Too breakthrough, I was hanging out with Emma Thompson and Emily Watson – two people I’ve looked up to my entire life. Talking to those women was so empowering.
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We actually did perform it in front of all those thousands of people. And just beforehand, we had a little dress rehearsal, and there were all these famous wrestlers going around and watching as well. Terrifying.
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What we don’t realise when we watch a normal film is how many times someone has run in just before a shot quickly to wipe away that sweaty moustache.
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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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Every time ‘Lady Macbeth’ and everyone involved in the film gets nominated, it’s amazing.
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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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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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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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Feisty women are my calling!
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