It’s always shocking when you see a modern woman in a period story line. It doesn’t make sense.
FLORENCE PUGHLady Macbeth’ is a great opportunity for me to prove that maybe the outcome of ‘The Falling’ was not necessarily a fluke.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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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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I used to reenact ‘Titanic’ all the time.
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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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Everybody’s story of getting into the industry is just as difficult as the next person. Whether you come from money or no money, it’s not easy… you have to offer yourself; you can’t expect someone to get you.
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I know that my way of tackling a character is very different.
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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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Playing Paige, I felt I had to train to wrestle.
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That, for me, actually is the most important thing about doing a period film is trying to make these people as lovable as they are back then.
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For 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.
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The Kate Winslet thing has been a shocker. I was like, that is the most ridiculous claim.
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If people are noticing the hard work I’m doing, then that’s a wonderful thing.
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My dad still collects newspaper clippings about me.
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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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I found out I got ‘The Little Drummer Girl’ and my BAFTA nomination in quick succession, and I just didn’t expect it to be like that. I thought there would be a lot more time in between. It’s been an overwhelming experience.
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Something that I’ve always been really keen on representing is some honesty with the way that we view ourselves.
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