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 PUGHI’ve been told to be skinny before – it’s already happened, but it’s up to you to either listen or say no. I’m not listening.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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I’ve tried not to get too bogged down by what people want you to be.
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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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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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My characters do have some fantastic taste in men.
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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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What audiences love with series is that they can invest in characters for such a long period of time, and it’s the same for actors. You can truly tell your story; then it’s done.
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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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I like a face that hasn’t been tampered with.
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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 have been enormously lucky. My first role was in a great film by a woman director.
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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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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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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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What’s important is to listen before you react.
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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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