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.
FLORENCE PUGHThere’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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We tend to kind of write women out of history.
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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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I love Le Carre’s writing.
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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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I am learning on every job I do. There is something new every time.
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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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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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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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It’s always shocking when you see a modern woman in a period story line. It doesn’t make sense.
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The Silence of the Lambs’ is my favourite book, favourite film.
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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 can’t remember a Friday when I was younger when I wasn’t eating a pizza, flirting with the barman.
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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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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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What’s important is to listen before you react.
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