Why aren’t there these epic roles for women, for whatever age you are?
FLORENCE PUGHWe actually did perform it in front of all those thousands of people. And just beforehand, we had a little dress rehearsal, and there were all these famous wrestlers going around and watching as well. Terrifying.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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I’m a bit of a gypsy. I live everywhere; I live out of a bag.
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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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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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What’s important is to listen before you react.
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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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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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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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I am learning on every job I do. There is something new every time.
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There was one moment when I was in L.A., and he was teaching me a move. I just looked at him, thinking, ‘Oh my God, I’m being taught to wrestle by Dwayne Johnson. What the hell?’
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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 women I’m attracted to playing I hope will mean something to someone.
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I do like a bit of danger. Guns, cars, running, bullets. I’m up for it.
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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 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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