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 PUGHMy dad still collects newspaper clippings about me.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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Everybody’s story of getting into the industry is just as difficult as the next person. Whether you come from money or no money, it’s not easy… you have to offer yourself; you can’t expect someone to get you.
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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 want women on-screen that we all either want to be, or we know, or we recognize.
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In ‘Fighting With My Family,’ there’s a scene where I have to wrestle; I have to do the famous fight between Paige and AJ Lee.
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Feisty women are my calling!
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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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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.
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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 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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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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Lady Macbeth’ is a great opportunity for me to prove that maybe the outcome of ‘The Falling’ was not necessarily a fluke.
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I love all of Kate Winslet’s characters. And Natalie Portman. If I can have a smidgen of what they’ve done, that would be awesome.
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I wanted to go to drama school, but when I got the part in ‘Falling,’ I got an agent, so it seemed a good idea to work.
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The fact that I’ve been nominated for a BAFTA is insane.
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I remember being about six years old, for the first day of school, and sitting in the back of a Chrysler, pretending to cry while listening to Tracy Chapman.
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I like a face that hasn’t been tampered with.
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You are hugely responsible for people following you. You need to work out why you are posting, what the message is, and what you are doing to these people.
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I got a really good insight into the world of wrestling.
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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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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 am learning on every job I do. There is something new every time.
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If I can make my mark just a little bit, then great.
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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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Every time ‘Lady Macbeth’ and everyone involved in the film gets nominated, it’s amazing.
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There’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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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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