I think it’s good to not edit your life too much, or you give people different standards.
FLORENCE PUGHFor 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.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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When I look for roles, I am looking for incredibly powerful women.
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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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Sometimes in the real world, there is fire between people.
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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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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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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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If you ever want to be interrogated, get Michael Shannon to do it. He’s an amazing man. I loved working with him.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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