Playing Paige, I felt I had to train to wrestle.
FLORENCE PUGHI 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.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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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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The one thing that I always try and take with me, if there’s, like, a remake, or you’re doing something again, is that every generation has a new story to tell.
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I know that my way of tackling a character is very different.
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When I look for roles, I am looking for incredibly powerful women.
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In ‘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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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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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’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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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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I think it’s good to not edit your life too much, or you give people different standards.
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The women I’m attracted to playing I hope will mean something to someone.
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Wearing a corset is extremely uncomfortable.
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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 grew up in a very loud family where you had to fight to get your voice heard, in a good way.
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Why shouldn’t there be more epic, brilliant female characters onscreen?
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