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.
FLORENCE PUGHThe women I’m attracted to playing I hope will mean something to someone.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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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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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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I grew up in a very loud and dramatic household, and we loved being in the spotlight.
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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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I want women on-screen that we all either want to be, or we know, or we recognize.
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I remember being about six years old, for the first day of school, and sitting in the back of a Chrysler, pretending to cry while listening to Tracy Chapman.
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I always hate it when I see the wrong person in massive roles, so for me, my biggest fear would be accepting a role I thought I wouldn’t find the rhythm of.
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Everybody’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.
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Feisty women are my calling!
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I can definitely hold my hands up and say wrestling wasn’t something that I grew up watching.
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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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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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In order for us to appreciate this world, we have to be a bit more honest, and I hope I do that.
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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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I suppose, used a different language or a different etiquette, but ultimately, these are still people that loved and breathed and lived and ate and weed and pooed just like we do now.
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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 played Mary at the age of seven in my first nativity play, and I loved it – there is something so fascinating about embodying someone else.
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I found out I got ‘The Little Drummer Girl’ and my BAFTA nomination in quick succession, and I just didn’t expect it to be like that. I thought there would be a lot more time in between. It’s been an overwhelming experience.
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When you’re given a platform, and you’re allowed to perform, and someone’s there to heighten you as opposed to dampen you, that’s a nice feeling.
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I love Le Carre’s writing.
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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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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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I really take my hat off to anybody that steps in the ring because it’s so hard – you’re competing against your friends, and you’re working in front of an audience who tells you exactly what they’re thinking.
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Something that I’ve always been really keen on representing is some honesty with the way that we view ourselves.
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What’s important is to listen before you react.
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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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