I think it’s good to not edit your life too much, or you give people different standards.
FLORENCE PUGHEverybody’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.
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 like a role where some of the character’s motivations are confusing or at least interesting.
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I grew up in a very loud family where you had to fight to get your voice heard, in a good way.
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The Silence of the Lambs’ is my favourite book, favourite film.
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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.
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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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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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We tend to kind of write women out of history.
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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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There’s a reason why there’s a problem with bodies, and it’s because you never actually get to see any normal versions of them.
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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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I got a really good insight into the world of wrestling.
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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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The Kate Winslet thing has been a shocker. I was like, that is the most ridiculous claim.
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There’s always going to be pressure, and there’s always going to be an area where you disappoint. As a storyteller, you have to understand that.
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