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.
FLORENCE PUGHI’ve tried not to get too bogged down by what people want you to be.
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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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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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Why shouldn’t there be more epic, brilliant female characters onscreen?
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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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What’s important is to listen before you react.
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The fact that I’ve been nominated for a BAFTA is insane.
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Sometimes in the real world, there is fire between people.
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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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What I’ve noticed about Hollywood is, if you go out there shouting about who you are, they will love you for it. But if you go out not knowing what it is that you’re representing, and you are just a canvas, they will make you into the thing they need you to be.
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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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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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We tend to kind of write women out of history.
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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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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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I love watching faces as they grow up. It’s the difference between so many strong British actresses compared to what America does to women.
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