And I’m a very physical person: I talk with my hands. And I felt how the clothes took that away from me. And that was the idea, I think. It was a way of limiting women.
FLORENCE PUGHI 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.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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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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I think it’s good to not edit your life too much, or you give people different standards.
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Lady Macbeth’ is a great opportunity for me to prove that maybe the outcome of ‘The Falling’ was not necessarily a fluke.
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Someone asked if I wanted to be the first female Bond, and I was saying that I don’t think we necessarily need that whole conversation.
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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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I always did a lot of singing and dancing, so I am glad it worked out that way. I would like to study stage acting at some point, though.
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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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My characters do have some fantastic taste in men.
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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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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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The women I’m attracted to playing I hope will mean something to someone.
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I’ve tried not to get too bogged down by what people want you to be.
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Why shouldn’t there be more epic, brilliant female characters onscreen?
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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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The Silence of the Lambs’ is my favourite book, favourite film.
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