I wrestled at the Staples Centre at ‘Monday Night Raw’ when I was 21 years old.
FLORENCE PUGHThat’s something I’ve always appreciated watching actors that I’ve looked up to, is when they look like you and me, or they have a funny elbow, or they have, you know, a hairy face.
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If I can make my mark just a little bit, then great.
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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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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 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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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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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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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 dad still collects newspaper clippings about me.
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Why aren’t there these epic roles for women, for whatever age you are?
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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 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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When I look for roles, I am looking for incredibly powerful women.
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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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It’s always shocking when you see a modern woman in a period story line. It doesn’t make sense.
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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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