Maxine Peake Quotes
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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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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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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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Unfortunately, at the end of the day, when you watch yourself on the screen, you are always you.
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For me, I'm still always that kid from Bolton.
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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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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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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 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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What is male and what is female? I don't always feel female.
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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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Crying does not equal good acting.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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 get angry about the way women are forced and bullied into what the male ideal is.
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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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I think people expect me to dress a bit like Veronica from 'Shameless,' in vest tops and denim skirts.