Florence Pugh
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.Collection: Funny
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.Collection: Women
The Kate Winslet thing has been a shocker. I was like, that is the most ridiculous claim. 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.Collection: Amazing
I do like a bit of danger. Guns, cars, running, bullets. I'm up for it.Collection: Car
Every time 'Lady Macbeth' and everyone involved in the film gets nominated, it's amazing.Collection: Amazing
We're learning things every decade we grow through, and ultimately, you do end up with a different way of looking at things.Collection: Learning
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.Collection: Work
I can definitely hold my hands up and say wrestling wasn't something that I grew up watching.
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.
Why aren't there these epic roles for women, for whatever age you are?
What's important is to listen before you react.
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.
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?'
I really take my hat off to anybody that steps in the ring because it's so hard - you're competing against your friends, and you're working in front of an audience who tells you exactly what they're thinking.
Throughout my life, I've been that annoying kid on every stage at school, in every talent contest.
Girls have that wonderful thing where they try to throw each other off, not wanting to appear too eager.
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.
I used to reenact 'Titanic' all the time.
The fact that I've been nominated for a BAFTA is insane.
I found out I got 'The Little Drummer Girl' and my BAFTA nomination in quick succession, and I just didn't expect it to be like that. I thought there would be a lot more time in between. It's been an overwhelming experience.
I think everyone's always interested in playing a spy, right? That's something we grow up admiring, which is so strange, but it's just a very clever and quick world that we all want to be a part of.
Someone asked if I wanted to be the first female Bond, and I was saying that I don't think we necessarily need that whole conversation.
Do we need to have a female Bond? Couldn't we just make something new?
When I look for roles, I am looking for incredibly powerful women.
I wrestled at the Staples Centre at 'Monday Night Raw' when I was 21 years old.
I got a really good insight into the world of wrestling.
I always hate it when I see the wrong person in massive roles, so for me, my biggest fear would be accepting a role I thought I wouldn't find the rhythm of.
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.
I love Le Carre's writing.
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.
I want women on-screen that we all either want to be, or we know, or we recognize.
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.
As beautiful as cinema is, it's a massive part of the problem of why we look at ourselves in the way we do.
I'm a bit of a gypsy. I live everywhere; I live out of a bag.
With 'Lady Macbeth,' I had two other things offered to me, and they would have also been very fun, but you just have to figure that out. And then you do it.
If I can make my mark just a little bit, then great.
As an actor, it's very interesting to make the audience love you while you are doing horrendous things.
In order for us to appreciate this world, we have to be a bit more honest, and I hope I do that.
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.
My dad still collects newspaper clippings about me.
The whole wrestling art, it's a whole form, is performance, and that's what makes it so exciting to do.
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.
The women I'm attracted to playing I hope will mean something to someone.
Feisty women are my calling!
I've tried not to get too bogged down by what people want you to be.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.