As an actor, it’s very interesting to make the audience love you while you are doing horrendous things.
FLORENCE PUGHWearing a corset is extremely uncomfortable.
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Something that I’ve always been really keen on representing is some honesty with the way that we view ourselves.
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The fact that I’ve been nominated for a BAFTA is insane.
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I am learning on every job I do. There is something new every time.
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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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The Falling’ was a big, flashy, bizarre experience. I kept on saying at the time it was a fluke because I did the audition, and I didn’t think anything would come of it.
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For me, I really appreciate seeing real bodies on screen, that variation, not the same frames we saw for the majority of our upbringing, making us feel like we have to look that way.
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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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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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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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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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Playing Paige, I felt I had to train to wrestle.
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I think it’s good to not edit your life too much, or you give people different standards.
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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 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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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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What’s important is to listen before you react.
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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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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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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 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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The Silence of the Lambs’ is my favourite book, favourite film.
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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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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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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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My dad still collects newspaper clippings about me.
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