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.
FLORENCE PUGHSomeone 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.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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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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Sometimes in the real world, there is fire between people.
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With ‘Lady Macbeth,’ I had two other things offered to me, and they would have also been very fun, but you just have to figure that out. And then you do it.
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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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The women I’m attracted to playing I hope will mean something to someone.
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What audiences love with series is that they can invest in characters for such a long period of time, and it’s the same for actors. You can truly tell your story; then it’s done.
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Feisty women are my calling!
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Every time ‘Lady Macbeth’ and everyone involved in the film gets nominated, it’s amazing.
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I don’t think I’m going to be an international sex symbol. I mean, I know I’m not going to be an international sex symbol.
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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 think it’s so interesting which ways your career can go. I would have been a completely different actor doing a completely different story, and I would have missed ‘Lady Macbeth.’
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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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I wrestled at the Staples Centre at ‘Monday Night Raw’ when I was 21 years old.
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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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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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