I love watching faces as they grow up. It’s the difference between so many strong British actresses compared to what America does to women.
FLORENCE PUGHWhat’s important is to listen before you react.
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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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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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Every time ‘Lady Macbeth’ and everyone involved in the film gets nominated, it’s amazing.
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I really take my hat off to anybody that steps in the ring because it’s so hard – you’re competing against your friends, and you’re working in front of an audience who tells you exactly what they’re thinking.
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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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I can’t remember a Friday when I was younger when I wasn’t eating a pizza, flirting with the barman.
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Wearing a corset is extremely uncomfortable.
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There’s a reason why there’s a problem with bodies, and it’s because you never actually get to see any normal versions of them.
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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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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 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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My dad still collects newspaper clippings about me.
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I am learning on every job I do. There is something new every time.
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The Silence of the Lambs’ is my favourite book, favourite film.
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I think you’re always attracted by characters that are a little bit like you, or at least the worst parts of you that you can finally accept and say, ‘All right, at least I know that now!’
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I think it’s good to not edit your life too much, or you give people different standards.
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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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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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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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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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Why shouldn’t there be more epic, brilliant female characters onscreen?
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The whole wrestling art, it’s a whole form, is performance, and that’s what makes it so exciting to do.
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Someone asked if I wanted to be the first female Bond, and I was saying that I don’t think we necessarily need that whole conversation.
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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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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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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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