Something that I’ve always been really keen on representing is some honesty with the way that we view ourselves.
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.
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The biggest thing about ‘Lady Macbeth’ is the fact that people are so surprised that this woman is so amazing, and really, it shouldn’t be so amazing that this incredible character is on our screens.
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You never see a normal spot, a bag under the eye or an unplucked eyebrow, because that’s not how Hollywood works.
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Girls have that wonderful thing where they try to throw each other off, not wanting to appear too eager.
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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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For 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.
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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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I know that my way of tackling a character is very different.
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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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As beautiful as cinema is, it’s a massive part of the problem of why we look at ourselves in the way we do.
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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 can definitely hold my hands up and say wrestling wasn’t something that I grew up watching.
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I wrestled at the Staples Centre at ‘Monday Night Raw’ when I was 21 years old.
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The Falling’ was a big, flashy, bizarre experience. I kept on saying at the time it was a fluke because I did the audition, and I didn’t think anything would come of it.
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I like a face that hasn’t been tampered with.
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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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