Why aren’t there these epic roles for women, for whatever age you are?
FLORENCE PUGHThe Kate Winslet thing has been a shocker. I was like, that is the most ridiculous claim.
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Throughout my life, I’ve been that annoying kid on every stage at school, in every talent contest.
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When I look for roles, I am looking for incredibly powerful women.
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For me, it’s always been so obvious that the less we can edit our lives and more we show how normal we all are, the better.
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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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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’ve tried not to get too bogged down by what people want you to be.
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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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I don’t want to feel like I have to change myself or my image.
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I think there’s always some good reason to try and modernize most period things, because at the end of the day, they may have,
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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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Girls have that wonderful thing where they try to throw each other off, not wanting to appear too eager.
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Do we need to have a female Bond? Couldn’t we just make something new?
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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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My characters do have some fantastic taste in men.
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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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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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Every time ‘Lady Macbeth’ and everyone involved in the film gets nominated, it’s amazing.
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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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I love all of Kate Winslet’s characters. And Natalie Portman. If I can have a smidgen of what they’ve done, that would be awesome.
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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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I think it’s good to not edit your life too much, or you give people different standards.
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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 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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If people are noticing the hard work I’m doing, then that’s a wonderful thing.
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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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I am learning on every job I do. There is something new every time.
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