Playing Paige, I felt I had to train to wrestle.
FLORENCE PUGHIf 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 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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You are hugely responsible for people following you. You need to work out why you are posting, what the message is, and what you are doing to these people.
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What’s important is to listen before you react.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Why aren’t there these epic roles for women, for whatever age you are?
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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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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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Every time ‘Lady Macbeth’ and everyone involved in the film gets nominated, it’s amazing.
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