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.
FLORENCE PUGHI think there’s always some good reason to try and modernize most period things, because at the end of the day, they may have,
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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My dad still collects newspaper clippings about me.
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Why aren’t there these epic roles for women, for whatever age you are?
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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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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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The women I’m attracted to playing I hope will mean something to someone.
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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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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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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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I know that my way of tackling a character is very different.
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When I look for roles, I am looking for incredibly powerful women.
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I think everyone’s always interested in playing a spy, right? That’s something we grow up admiring, which is so strange, but it’s just a very clever and quick world that we all want to be a part of.
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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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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 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 don’t want to feel like I have to change myself or my image.
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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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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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Girls have that wonderful thing where they try to throw each other off, not wanting to appear too eager.
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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 like a face that hasn’t been tampered with.
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Why shouldn’t there be more epic, brilliant female characters onscreen?
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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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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 grew up in a very loud and dramatic household, and we loved being in the spotlight.
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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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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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