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.
FLORENCE PUGHI 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.
More Florence Pugh Quotes
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In order for us to appreciate this world, we have to be a bit more honest, and I hope I do that.
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There was one moment when I was in L.A., and he was teaching me a move. I just looked at him, thinking, ‘Oh my God, I’m being taught to wrestle by Dwayne Johnson. What the hell?’
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I got a really good insight into the world of wrestling.
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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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Why shouldn’t there be more epic, brilliant female characters onscreen?
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That’s something I’ve always appreciated watching actors that I’ve looked up to, is when they look like you and me, or they have a funny elbow, or they have, you know, a hairy face.
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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 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 can definitely hold my hands up and say wrestling wasn’t something that I grew up watching.
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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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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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Throughout my life, I’ve been that annoying kid on every stage at school, in every talent contest.
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Sometimes in the real world, there is fire between people.
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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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