Maxine Peake Quotes
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I've always had pop-star crushes. I had a huge crush on Ian Brown.
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It's great having time to just sit back and work through things in my mind. It helps put life into perspective.
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I take bits and pieces from everything. But I think the Method can be very isolating, and sometimes it's more about ego than playing the character truthfully.
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'Toast of London' is a must-watch. Matt Berry's off-the-wall humour is slightly surreal and a little bit deviant. That's why I also love 'House of Fools.'
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The 'Bolton News' is the best place for online comments. They say I'm an absolute idiot and a communist anarchist. I was never an anarchist; I was a communist!
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We shouldn't still be asking, 'Have you got children? Why've you not got children? Ooh, you must have children!' Bog off, d'you know what I mean?
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We need a wider sense of community because we're all on the same planet.
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Male? Female? It's not always relevant to some people. They are who they are - they might not fit into a specific box.
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When I was a little girl, there was this unbelievably cool female bus driver who'd work near us. I remember thinking I'd like to be her when I grew up.
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Every job still feels like the first time.
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My kind of work is very intense. The trouble with me is that I completely fling myself into it. I get giddy. I get terrible crushes on jobs.
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I'm always an advocate of 'acting is reacting,' which can be difficult.
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The first posh meal out I had was on my 10th birthday.
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When I'm not acting, I don't feel like an actor.
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I think all things are political... How women are portrayed - that's a big thing for me. What is this role trying to say about women? Is this woman weak or victimised, and, if so, do we get to understand why?
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I'm a big comfort eater, so if I'm feeling sorry for myself, I'll just stuff my face.
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I'm unusual in that I've worked more as I've got older.
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I think with 'Silk' there's something there for everyone: it's a legal drama, but it's human as well - you get to dip into the lives of the barristers and clerks.
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Nobody's impressed back home. All my friends were going, 'Oh right, so you're doing a play up in Leeds? Another depressing one is it? Do you mind if we don't bother coming?' I love that.
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Music is a huge inspiration to my style. I first got into it when I was 10: the new wave mod scene.
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When I'm going to work, I often stop and wonder how I've got here. I don't mean literally, but just thinking back to when I first had the idea of being an actress, it seemed so unreal, so unlikely. People like me just didn't become actresses. Every new job I get comes as shock. It's almost as if I'm waiting to be found out.
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We still have an underclass in this country who are constantly ignored and vilified.
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At drama school, I was told, 'Lay off the chips, or you'll never play Juliet.' Sometimes, in the stock room of the set of 'Dinnerladies,' I'd put away three or four Mars bars while waiting for a scene. Then, at 24, I lost five stone.
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Unfortunately, at the end of the day, when you watch yourself on the screen, you are always you.