The whole wrestling art, it’s a whole form, is performance, and that’s what makes it so exciting to do.
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 don’t want to feel like I have to change myself or my image.
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I used to reenact ‘Titanic’ all the time.
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There’s always going to be pressure, and there’s always going to be an area where you disappoint. As a storyteller, you have to understand that.
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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 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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As an actor, it’s very interesting to make the audience love you while you are doing horrendous things.
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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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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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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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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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I wrestled at the Staples Centre at ‘Monday Night Raw’ when I was 21 years old.
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What’s important is to listen before you react.
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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’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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If people are noticing the hard work I’m doing, then that’s a wonderful thing.
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