I can definitely hold my hands up and say wrestling wasn’t something that I grew up watching.
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More Florence Pugh Quotes
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The fact that I’ve been nominated for a BAFTA is insane.
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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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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 think it’s good to not edit your life too much, or you give people different standards.
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Do we need to have a female Bond? Couldn’t we just make something new?
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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 grew up in a very loud and dramatic household, and we loved being in the spotlight.
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Playing Paige, I felt I had to train to wrestle.
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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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Why aren’t there these epic roles for women, for whatever age you are?
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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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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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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 suppose, used a different language or a different etiquette, but ultimately, these are still people that loved and breathed and lived and ate and weed and pooed just like we do now.
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As an actor, it’s very interesting to make the audience love you while you are doing horrendous things.
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