The whole wrestling art, it’s a whole form, is performance, and that’s what makes it so exciting to do.
FLORENCE PUGHWhy shouldn’t there be more epic, brilliant female characters onscreen?
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When you’re given a platform, and you’re allowed to perform, and someone’s there to heighten you as opposed to dampen you, that’s a nice feeling.
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The Silence of the Lambs’ is my favourite book, favourite film.
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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 love Le Carre’s writing.
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I got a really good insight into the world of wrestling.
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Why aren’t there these epic roles for women, for whatever age you are?
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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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I always hate it when I see the wrong person in massive roles, so for me, my biggest fear would be accepting a role I thought I wouldn’t find the rhythm of.
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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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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 I can make my mark just a little bit, then great.
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I really take my hat off to anybody that steps in the ring because it’s so hard – you’re competing against your friends, and you’re working in front of an audience who tells you exactly what they’re thinking.
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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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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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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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