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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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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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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I have been enormously lucky. My first role was in a great film by a woman director.
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During the Me Too breakthrough, I was hanging out with Emma Thompson and Emily Watson – two people I’ve looked up to my entire life. Talking to those women was so empowering.
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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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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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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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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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The Kate Winslet thing has been a shocker. I was like, that is the most ridiculous claim.
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I’ve tried not to get too bogged down by what people want you to be.
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My characters do have some fantastic taste in men.
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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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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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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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My dad still collects newspaper clippings about me.
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I wrestled at the Staples Centre at ‘Monday Night Raw’ when I was 21 years old.
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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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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 hope to create characters that people want to watch – and they either want to be or are, or it’s something that they recognize.
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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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Why shouldn’t there be more epic, brilliant female characters onscreen?
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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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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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What we don’t realise when we watch a normal film is how many times someone has run in just before a shot quickly to wipe away that sweaty moustache.
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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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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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