“Every time I work on a movie, I get more confident in the way that I can protect myself and the way that I can lead a film set, and just not stand for bullshit anymore. I’m not doing it,” Pugh said. “I’m not standing for bullshit behavior. I’m not standing for bullshit attitude. I’m not allowing for people to be rude to the crew. You just get bolder and bigger and more confident with time, and you want to be around and work with the right people. And the moment someone is making that vibe feel off, everybody feels it.”

“I don’t want to deal with messy,” the Oscar nominee continued. “It’s just about surrounding yourself with professionals who have the same way of working in mind: Show up on time, don’t be rude, don’t be a misogynist.”

Pugh is having a standout end to the year thanks to her acclaimed performance on Netflix’s “East of Eden,” which will be followed by two expected blockbusters with the Dec. 18 releases of “Avengers: Doomsday” and “Dune: Part Three.” And yet, the actor seemingly generated the most headlines this year for publicly condemning the Cornell 7, the name given online to the seven male students accused of drugging and gang raping their female classmate at Cornell University in October 2024. Pugh called out Instagram for censoring her initial posts on the matter.

“No one fucking censors me,” she now told Elle magazine. “Don’t even try. That’s just going to add fuel to the fire.”