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.
FLORENCE PUGHPlaying Paige, I felt I had to train to wrestle.
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I think there’s always some good reason to try and modernize most period things, because at the end of the day, they may have,
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As beautiful as cinema is, it’s a massive part of the problem of why we look at ourselves in the way we do.
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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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We’re learning things every decade we grow through, and ultimately, you do end up with a different way of looking at things.
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I’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.
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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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We tend to kind of write women out of history.
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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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Why shouldn’t there be more epic, brilliant female characters onscreen?
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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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That, for me, actually is the most important thing about doing a period film is trying to make these people as lovable as they are back then.
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When I look for roles, I am looking for incredibly powerful women.
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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 used to reenact ‘Titanic’ all the time.
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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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