I 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 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.
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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 was acting with all my childhood heroes: Meryl Streep, Saoirse Ronan, all of those amazing women.
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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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Something that I’ve always been really keen on representing is some honesty with the way that we view ourselves.
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The Falling’ was a big, flashy, bizarre experience. I kept on saying at the time it was a fluke because I did the audition, and I didn’t think anything would come of it.
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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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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 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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That’s something I’ve always appreciated watching actors that I’ve looked up to, is when they look like you and me, or they have a funny elbow, or they have, you know, a hairy face.
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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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You never see a normal spot, a bag under the eye or an unplucked eyebrow, because that’s not how Hollywood works.
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I got a really good insight into the world of wrestling.
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The fact that I’ve been nominated for a BAFTA is insane.
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The whole wrestling art, it’s a whole form, is performance, and that’s what makes it so exciting to do.
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Throughout my life, I’ve been that annoying kid on every stage at school, in every talent contest.
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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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In ‘Fighting With My Family,’ there’s a scene where I have to wrestle; I have to do the famous fight between Paige and AJ Lee.
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I’m a bit of a gypsy. I live everywhere; I live out of a bag.
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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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The Kate Winslet thing has been a shocker. I was like, that is the most ridiculous claim.
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What we don’t realise when we watch a normal film is how many times someone has run in just before a shot quickly to wipe away that sweaty moustache.
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I hope to create characters that people want to watch – and they either want to be or are, or it’s something that they recognize.
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In order for us to appreciate this world, we have to be a bit more honest, and I hope I do that.
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I am learning on every job I do. There is something new every time.
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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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The one thing that I always try and take with me, if there’s, like, a remake, or you’re doing something again, is that every generation has a new story to tell.
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