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.
FLORENCE PUGHThe women I’m attracted to playing I hope will mean something to someone.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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I grew up in a very loud and dramatic household, and we loved being in the spotlight.
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It’s always shocking when you see a modern woman in a period story line. It doesn’t make sense.
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I like a face that hasn’t been tampered with.
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Why shouldn’t there be more epic, brilliant female characters onscreen?
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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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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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As beautiful as cinema is, it’s a massive part of the problem of why we look at ourselves in the way we do.
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We 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.
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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.
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I got a really good insight into the world of wrestling.
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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 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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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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Amazing, obviously. She’s been my idol since I re-enacted ‘Titanic’ and fell in love with Leo. And it’s a privilege to be called the next anything. But I suppose to be the next you is all you can do.
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The Silence of the Lambs’ is my favourite book, favourite film.
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