The Silence of the Lambs’ is my favourite book, favourite film.
FLORENCE PUGHI used to reenact ‘Titanic’ all the time.
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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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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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Every time ‘Lady Macbeth’ and everyone involved in the film gets nominated, it’s amazing.
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I love Le Carre’s writing.
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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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Throughout my life, I’ve been that annoying kid on every stage at school, in every talent contest.
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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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I like a face that hasn’t been tampered with.
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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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I like a role where some of the character’s motivations are confusing or at least interesting.
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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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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 was acting with all my childhood heroes: Meryl Streep, Saoirse Ronan, all of those amazing women.
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Sometimes in the real world, there is fire between people.
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I always did a lot of singing and dancing, so I am glad it worked out that way. I would like to study stage acting at some point, though.
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The fact that I’ve been nominated for a BAFTA is insane.
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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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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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If I can make my mark just a little bit, then great.
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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.
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We tend to kind of write women out of history.
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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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Wearing a corset is extremely uncomfortable.
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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 want women on-screen that we all either want to be, or we know, or we recognize.
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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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