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 PUGHWearing a corset is extremely uncomfortable.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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I’ve tried not to get too bogged down by what people want you to be.
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Someone asked if I wanted to be the first female Bond, and I was saying that I don’t think we necessarily need that whole conversation.
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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 wrestled at the Staples Centre at ‘Monday Night Raw’ when I was 21 years old.
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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 can’t remember a Friday when I was younger when I wasn’t eating a pizza, flirting with the barman.
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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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I think it’s so interesting which ways your career can go. I would have been a completely different actor doing a completely different story, and I would have missed ‘Lady Macbeth.’
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I love watching faces as they grow up. It’s the difference between so many strong British actresses compared to what America does to women.
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Why aren’t there these epic roles for women, for whatever age you are?
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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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We tend to kind of write women out of history.
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The whole wrestling art, it’s a whole form, is performance, and that’s what makes it so exciting to do.
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Every time ‘Lady Macbeth’ and everyone involved in the film gets nominated, it’s amazing.
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