I don’t think I’m going to be an international sex symbol. I mean, I know I’m not going to be an international sex symbol.
FLORENCE PUGHIn ‘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 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 found out I got ‘The Little Drummer Girl’ and my BAFTA nomination in quick succession, and I just didn’t expect it to be like that. I thought there would be a lot more time in between. It’s been an overwhelming experience.
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Why aren’t there these epic roles for women, for whatever age you are?
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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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I have learned how to wrestle. You end up battered and blue – but so happy.
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I am learning on every job I do. There is something new every time.
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The Silence of the Lambs’ is my favourite book, favourite film.
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I wrestled at the Staples Centre at ‘Monday Night Raw’ when I was 21 years old.
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Throughout my life, I’ve been that annoying kid on every stage at school, in every talent contest.
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I think everyone’s always interested in playing a spy, right? That’s something we grow up admiring, which is so strange, but it’s just a very clever and quick world that we all want to be a part of.
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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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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 got a really good insight into the world of wrestling.
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Sometimes in the real world, there is fire between people.
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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.
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