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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I’m a bit of a gypsy. I live everywhere; I live out of a bag.
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I think there’s always some good reason to try and modernize most period things, because at the end of the day, they may have,
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I love Le Carre’s writing.
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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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I love watching faces as they grow up. It’s the difference between so many strong British actresses compared to what America does to women.
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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 played Mary at the age of seven in my first nativity play, and I loved it – there is something so fascinating about embodying someone else.
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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 love all of Kate Winslet’s characters. And Natalie Portman. If I can have a smidgen of what they’ve done, that would be awesome.
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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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I 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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I think it’s so interesting which ways your career can go. I would have been a completely different actor doing a completely different story, and I would have missed ‘Lady Macbeth.’
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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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I wanted to go to drama school, but when I got the part in ‘Falling,’ I got an agent, so it seemed a good idea to work.
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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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