Maxine Peake Quotes
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What is male and what is female? I don't always feel female.
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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'm really unimaginative - once I like something, I fix on it.
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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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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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Often, when I am playing difficult roles, I have a problem sleeping because I can't leave the character behind.
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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 love hoovering. People go to therapists; I've got a Hoover.
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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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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 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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I know I sometimes come across as being quite dismissive about acting. But I'm not. It's like people reading their diaries in public. I don't want to talk about how I create characters. I find it self-indulgent.
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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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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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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 get angry about the way women are forced and bullied into what the male ideal is.
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For me, I'm still always that kid from Bolton.
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I think you can tell a lot by someone's footwear - cowboy boots would put me off, as would a man in Ugg boots or Crocs.
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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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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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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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Sometimes the darker the work, the more fun you can have.
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Cooking, you can keep. I've not the slightest interest in it.
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I think people expect me to dress a bit like Veronica from 'Shameless,' in vest tops and denim skirts.