Amazing, obviously. She’s been my idol since I re-enacted ‘Titanic’ and fell in love with Leo. And it’s a privilege to be called the next anything. But I suppose to be the next you is all you can do.
FLORENCE PUGHMy dad still collects newspaper clippings about me.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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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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I hope to create characters that people want to watch – and they either want to be or are, or it’s something that they recognize.
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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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The Silence of the Lambs’ is my favourite book, favourite film.
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As an actor, it’s very interesting to make the audience love you while you are doing horrendous things.
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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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Something that I’ve always been really keen on representing is some honesty with the way that we view ourselves.
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Girls have that wonderful thing where they try to throw each other off, not wanting to appear too eager.
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The Falling’ was a big, flashy, bizarre experience. I kept on saying at the time it was a fluke because I did the audition, and I didn’t think anything would come of it.
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I was acting with all my childhood heroes: Meryl Streep, Saoirse Ronan, all of those amazing women.
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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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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.
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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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I can definitely hold my hands up and say wrestling wasn’t something that I grew up watching.
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I like a role where some of the character’s motivations are confusing or at least interesting.
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