There’s always going to be pressure, and there’s always going to be an area where you disappoint. As a storyteller, you have to understand that.
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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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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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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The Silence of the Lambs’ is my favourite book, favourite film.
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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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I have learned how to wrestle. You end up battered and blue – but so happy.
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Every time ‘Lady Macbeth’ and everyone involved in the film gets nominated, it’s amazing.
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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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Do we need to have a female Bond? Couldn’t we just make something new?
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I grew up in a very loud family where you had to fight to get your voice heard, in a good way.
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Why shouldn’t there be more epic, brilliant female characters onscreen?
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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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Throughout my life, I’ve been that annoying kid on every stage at school, in every talent contest.
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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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The fact that I’ve been nominated for a BAFTA is insane.
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Sometimes in the real world, there is fire between people.
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We tend to kind of write women out of history.
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My characters do have some fantastic taste in men.
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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 love watching faces as they grow up. It’s the difference between so many strong British actresses compared to what America does to 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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I am learning on every job I do. There is something new every time.
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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 I can make my mark just a little bit, then great.
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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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I grew up in a very loud and dramatic household, and we loved being in the spotlight.
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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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