I think everyone’s always interested in playing a spy, right? That’s something we grow up admiring, which is so strange, but it’s just a very clever and quick world that we all want to be a part of.
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More Florence Pugh Quotes
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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 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 have been enormously lucky. My first role was in a great film by a woman director.
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During the Me Too breakthrough, I was hanging out with Emma Thompson and Emily Watson – two people I’ve looked up to my entire life. Talking to those women was so empowering.
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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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I like a role where some of the character’s motivations are confusing or at least interesting.
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Wearing a corset is extremely uncomfortable.
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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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If I can make my mark just a little bit, then great.
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I got a really good insight into the world of wrestling.
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I was acting with all my childhood heroes: Meryl Streep, Saoirse Ronan, all of those amazing women.
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Why aren’t there these epic roles for women, for whatever age you are?
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I think you’re always attracted by characters that are a little bit like you, or at least the worst parts of you that you can finally accept and say, ‘All right, at least I know that now!’
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The fact that I’ve been nominated for a BAFTA is insane.
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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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