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.
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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Sometimes in the real world, there is fire between people.
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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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When I look for roles, I am looking for incredibly powerful women.
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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 know that my way of tackling a character is very different.
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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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It’s always shocking when you see a modern woman in a period story line. It doesn’t make sense.
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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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The fact that I’ve been nominated for a BAFTA is insane.
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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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We tend to kind of write women out of history.
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Why aren’t there these epic roles for women, for whatever age you are?
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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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Every time ‘Lady Macbeth’ and everyone involved in the film gets nominated, it’s amazing.
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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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