Florence Pugh Quotes

Florence Pugh

Profession : Actress

Birth : January 3, 1996

Sometimes in the real world, there is fire between people.

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I grew up in a very loud and dramatic household, and we loved being in the spotlight.

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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.

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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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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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We tend to kind of write women out of history.

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The women I'm attracted to playing I hope will mean something to someone.

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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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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. We actually did perform it in front of all those thousands of people. And just beforehand, we had a little dress rehearsal, and there were all these famous wrestlers going around and watching as well. Terrifying.

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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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The one thing that I always try and take with me, if there's, like, a remake, or you're doing something again, is that every generation has a new story to tell.

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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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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. I always did a lot of singing and dancing, so I am glad it worked out that way. I would like to study stage acting at some point, though.

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Feisty women are my calling!

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I know that my way of tackling a character is very different.

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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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'The Silence of the Lambs' is my favourite book, favourite film.

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I love watching faces as they grow up. It's the difference between so many strong British actresses compared to what America does to women. I like a face that hasn't been tampered with.

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The whole wrestling art, it's a whole form, is performance, and that's what makes it so exciting to do.

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Something that I've always been really keen on representing is some honesty with the way that we view ourselves. 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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