Why shouldn’t there be more epic, brilliant female characters onscreen?
FLORENCE PUGHAs beautiful as cinema is, it’s a massive part of the problem of why we look at ourselves in the way we do.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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With ‘Lady Macbeth,’ I had two other things offered to me, and they would have also been very fun, but you just have to figure that out. And then you do it.
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It’s always shocking when you see a modern woman in a period story line. It doesn’t make sense.
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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 have been enormously lucky. My first role was in a great film by a woman director.
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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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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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I am learning on every job I do. There is something new every time.
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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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