And I’m a very physical person: I talk with my hands. And I felt how the clothes took that away from me. And that was the idea, I think. It was a way of limiting women.
FLORENCE PUGHThere 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?’
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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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 don’t want to feel like I have to change myself or my image.
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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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We’re learning things every decade we grow through, and ultimately, you do end up with a different way of looking at things.
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As beautiful as cinema is, it’s a massive part of the problem of why we look at ourselves in the way we do.
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If people are noticing the hard work I’m doing, then that’s a wonderful thing.
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I know that my way of tackling a character is very different.
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What audiences love with series is that they can invest in characters for such a long period of time, and it’s the same for actors. You can truly tell your story; then it’s done.
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I love Le Carre’s writing.
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My characters do have some fantastic taste in men.
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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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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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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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When you’re given a platform, and you’re allowed to perform, and someone’s there to heighten you as opposed to dampen you, that’s a nice feeling.
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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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