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.
FLORENCE PUGHI 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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The Silence of the Lambs’ is my favourite book, favourite film.
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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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When I look for roles, I am looking for incredibly powerful women.
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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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I grew up in a very loud and dramatic household, and we loved being in the spotlight.
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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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I’ve tried not to get too bogged down by what people want you to be.
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I am learning on every job I do. There is something new every time.
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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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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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I used to reenact ‘Titanic’ all the time.
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And I’m a very physical person: I talk with my hands. And I felt how the clothes took that away from me. And that was the idea, I think. It was a way of limiting women.
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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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We tend to kind of write women out of history.
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