Maxine Peake Quotes
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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 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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We still have an underclass in this country who are constantly ignored and vilified.
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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'm a big comfort eater, so if I'm feeling sorry for myself, I'll just stuff my face.
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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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Unfortunately, at the end of the day, when you watch yourself on the screen, you are always you.
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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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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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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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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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What is male and what is female? I don't always feel female.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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I think people expect me to dress a bit like Veronica from 'Shameless,' in vest tops and denim skirts.