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.
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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I grew up in a very loud and dramatic household, and we loved being in the spotlight.
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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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I like a face that hasn’t been tampered with.
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I’ve tried not to get too bogged down by what people want you to be.
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The fact that I’ve been nominated for a BAFTA is insane.
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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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If I can make my mark just a little bit, then great.
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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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The Kate Winslet thing has been a shocker. I was like, that is the most ridiculous claim.
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You are hugely responsible for people following you. You need to work out why you are posting, what the message is, and what you are doing to these people.
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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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There was one moment when I was in L.A., and he was teaching me a move. I just looked at him, thinking, ‘Oh my God, I’m being taught to wrestle by Dwayne Johnson. What the hell?’
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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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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 wanted to go to drama school, but when I got the part in ‘Falling,’ I got an agent, so it seemed a good idea to work.
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