The women I’m attracted to playing I hope will mean something to someone.
FLORENCE PUGHThe women I’m attracted to playing I hope will mean something to someone.
FLORENCE PUGHFor 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.
FLORENCE PUGHThe Kate Winslet thing has been a shocker. I was like, that is the most ridiculous claim.
FLORENCE PUGHI hope to create characters that people want to watch – and they either want to be or are, or it’s something that they recognize.
FLORENCE PUGHSometimes in the real world, there is fire between people.
FLORENCE PUGHI grew up in a very loud family where you had to fight to get your voice heard, in a good way.
FLORENCE PUGHWith ‘Lady Macbeth,’ I had two other things offered to me, and they would have also been very fun, but you just have to figure that out. And then you do it.
FLORENCE PUGHI don’t want to feel like I have to change myself or my image.
FLORENCE PUGHIf you ever want to be interrogated, get Michael Shannon to do it. He’s an amazing man. I loved working with him.
FLORENCE PUGHI got a really good insight into the world of wrestling.
FLORENCE PUGHEvery time ‘Lady Macbeth’ and everyone involved in the film gets nominated, it’s amazing.
FLORENCE PUGHI 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!’
FLORENCE PUGHWearing a corset is extremely uncomfortable.
FLORENCE PUGHI 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.
FLORENCE PUGHI remember being about six years old, for the first day of school, and sitting in the back of a Chrysler, pretending to cry while listening to Tracy Chapman.
FLORENCE PUGHI am learning on every job I do. There is something new every time.
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