In order for us to appreciate this world, we have to be a bit more honest, and I hope I do that.
FLORENCE PUGHIt’s always shocking when you see a modern woman in a period story line. It doesn’t make sense.
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When I look for roles, I am looking for incredibly powerful women.
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The whole wrestling art, it’s a whole form, is performance, and that’s what makes it so exciting to do.
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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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If you look at it, the corset is a very beautiful item, but when I put one on, I realized how little you could actually move.
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My characters do have some fantastic taste in men.
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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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I’ve tried not to get too bogged down by what people want you to be.
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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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I know that my way of tackling a character is very different.
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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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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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I can’t remember a Friday when I was younger when I wasn’t eating a pizza, flirting with the barman.
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Every time ‘Lady Macbeth’ and everyone involved in the film gets nominated, it’s amazing.
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My dad still collects newspaper clippings about me.
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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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