I like a role where some of the character’s motivations are confusing or at least interesting.
FLORENCE PUGHPlaying Paige, I felt I had to train to wrestle.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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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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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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If people are noticing the hard work I’m doing, then that’s a wonderful thing.
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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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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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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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I love Le Carre’s writing.
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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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The women I’m attracted to playing I hope will mean something to someone.
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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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My dad still collects newspaper clippings about me.
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Throughout my life, I’ve been that annoying kid on every stage at school, in every talent contest.
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I’m a bit of a gypsy. I live everywhere; I live out of a bag.
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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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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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The Kate Winslet thing has been a shocker. I was like, that is the most ridiculous claim.
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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 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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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’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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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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For me, it’s always been so obvious that the less we can edit our lives and more we show how normal we all are, the better.
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The biggest thing about ‘Lady Macbeth’ is the fact that people are so surprised that this woman is so amazing, and really, it shouldn’t be so amazing that this incredible character is on our screens.
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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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Wearing a corset is extremely uncomfortable.
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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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