Quotes from Florence Pugh

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 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.

It's always shocking when you see a modern woman in a period story line. It doesn't make sense.

I've tried not to get too bogged down by what people want you to be.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

I don't think I'm going to be an international sex symbol. I mean, I know I'm not going to be an international sex symbol.

Wearing a corset is extremely uncomfortable.

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, I suppose, used a different language or a different etiquette, but ultimately, these are still people that loved and breathed and lived and ate and weed and pooed just like we do now.

Throughout my life, I've been that annoying kid on every stage at school, in every talent contest.

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

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.

My characters do have some fantastic taste in men.

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.

Feisty women are my calling!

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.

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

I grew up in a very loud family where you had to fight to get your voice heard, in a good way.

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.

I wrestled at the Staples Centre at 'Monday Night Raw' when I was 21 years old.

What's important is to listen before you react.