Maxine Peake Quotes
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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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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 love 'Splash!' and 'Take Me Out.' Not that I'd ever do 'Splash!' It's the parading on British TV in a swimming costume I couldn't handle.
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I was a tomboy. I had a pudding-bowl haircut; I wore big Doc Martens and dungarees.
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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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We still have an underclass in this country who are constantly ignored and vilified.
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If I feel like if there's a few too many people on that path with me, then I want to jump off and find another one.
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Unfortunately, at the end of the day, when you watch yourself on the screen, you are always you.
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If I were to appear in a programme like 'Sex and the City,' I'm sure I'd be cast as the downtrodden one staying at home and having seven children while the others jet-setted around the world.
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You want to go to your deathbed saying, 'I didn't sell out.' But it's a tough business to keep to what you believe in and get through and do well.
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Often, when I am playing difficult roles, I have a problem sleeping because I can't leave the character behind.
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Generally, I am losing faith in telly, as we do have good dramas but not as many as there should be.
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They always said to me that I needed to be more feminine. I think it's so wrong. Being boisterous doesn't mean you are not feminine.
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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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What is male and what is female? I don't always feel female.
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I think people expect me to dress a bit like Veronica from 'Shameless,' in vest tops and denim skirts.
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I care about my work, but I don't care about getting it wrong. The more you do, the more you realise nobody's going to die.
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I went to the Old Bailey, and I met a judge, and I was petrified, but they were like, 'Oh, you're an actor, well, great.' It was a bit like we're cut from the same cloth a little bit.
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I'm quite cautious in most areas of my life, but I'm always happy to gamble when it comes to acting. I'm not frightened of falling on my face.
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I reckoned my accent and class would count against me; I didn't see actresses as being working-class.
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As I've got older, I've got slightly more fussy. You've got less time; you need to use it wisely.
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I was told, 'Your career's made by what you don't do,' and that always stuck with me. I drive my agent mad!
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I am an actor. I love acting, and I absolutely love what I do, but I don't want it to be every waking hour.
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Sometimes the darker the work, the more fun you can have.