I can definitely hold my hands up and say wrestling wasn’t something that I grew up watching.
FLORENCE PUGHIf people are noticing the hard work I’m doing, then that’s a wonderful thing.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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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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The Silence of the Lambs’ is my favourite book, favourite film.
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I used to reenact ‘Titanic’ all the time.
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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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Throughout my life, I’ve been that annoying kid on every stage at school, in every talent contest.
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I’m a bit of a gypsy. I live everywhere; I live out of a bag.
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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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Why aren’t there these epic roles for women, for whatever age you are?
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I suppose, used a different language or a different etiquette, but ultimately, these are still people that loved and breathed and lived and ate and weed and pooed just like we do now.
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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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I love Le Carre’s writing.
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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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When I look for roles, I am looking for incredibly powerful women.
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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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Every time ‘Lady Macbeth’ and everyone involved in the film gets nominated, it’s amazing.
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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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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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I am learning on every job I do. There is something new every time.
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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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Wearing a corset is extremely uncomfortable.
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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 have learned how to wrestle. You end up battered and blue – but so happy.
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The women I’m attracted to playing I hope will mean something to someone.
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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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I do like a bit of danger. Guns, cars, running, bullets. I’m up for it.
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Lady Macbeth’ is a great opportunity for me to prove that maybe the outcome of ‘The Falling’ was not necessarily a fluke.
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