Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" Crying does not equal good acting. "
Maxine Peake
Good
Does
Equal
Related Quotes:
" 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. "
Maxine Peake
Me
Feel
People
" For me, I'm still always that kid from Bolton. "
Maxine Peake
Kid
Always
Me
" What's wrong with wanting the best for everybody? "
Maxine Peake
Wanting
Wrong
Best
" I get angry about the way women are forced and bullied into what the male ideal is. "
Maxine Peake
Bullied
Way
Women
" 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. "
Maxine Peake
Love
Handle
Costume
" You don't want to bash viewers over the head with a blunt message or lecture them - they'd soon get bored with that. "
Maxine Peake
Message
Bored
Over
" 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. "
Maxine Peake
Thinking
Waiting
Work
" I wasn't an obvious actress in any sense of the word. "
Maxine Peake
Obvious
Word
Sense
" I think, as a woman, you've got to make so many sacrifices. "
Maxine Peake
Woman
You
Think
" I think an actor's process should be very personal and private, and sometimes I have thought, 'Oh, please, put it away now.' "
Maxine Peake
Process
Now
Think
" I've always fancied being a bit of warrior, on a horse swinging a sword around, sorting out the men... Oh yes, that sounds lovely. "
Maxine Peake
Horse
Sword
Warrior
" 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. "
Maxine Peake
Legal
Drama
Think
" People think I'm clever, which is hilarious. I'm like, 'When did this happen? People used to think I couldn't string a sentence together.' "
Maxine Peake
Clever
Like
People
" 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. "
Maxine Peake
Saying
You
Believe
" A few things make a person stylish: honesty, imagination with a sprinkling of humour. I still keep an eye on trends, but I don't follow them any more. "
Maxine Peake
Honesty
Imagination
Eye
" I find these dramas fascinating - it's a world that many of us fortunately don't dip into. The legal system is all around us, but the majority of us don't have to go into a court, so it's a way into another world that is unusual. "
Maxine Peake
World
Find
Go
" 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? "
Maxine Peake
Off
Children
Got
" What is male and what is female? I don't always feel female. "
Maxine Peake
Male
Female
Feel
" I'm a big comfort eater, so if I'm feeling sorry for myself, I'll just stuff my face. "
Maxine Peake
Face
Feeling
Sorry
" I get very irate with actors when they talk about how distressing it all is. I mean, it's only acting. Please. "
Maxine Peake
Get
Talk
Only
" I was told, 'Your career's made by what you don't do,' and that always stuck with me. I drive my agent mad! "
Maxine Peake
Mad
Always
Me
" 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. "
Maxine Peake
Cool
Work
Us
" When I'm not acting, I don't feel like an actor. "
Maxine Peake
Like
Actor
Acting
" We take things at face value, don't we? You form an opinion about something immediately, but you ought to step back a bit. Take in the vista first. "
Maxine Peake
Step
You
Opinion
" I have recurring dreams about losing my temper, which become quite violent. I dread to think what that says about me. "
Maxine Peake
Me
Think
Dreams
" 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. "
Maxine Peake
Children
World
Sex
" The first posh meal out I had was on my 10th birthday. "
Maxine Peake
Out
Posh
Birthday
" I reckoned my accent and class would count against me; I didn't see actresses as being working-class. "
Maxine Peake
Count
See
Me
" I joined the Communist Party when I was 18. When I was 10, there was the miners' strike, and the Cold War was going on; it was quite a potent time to get involved in politics. I got involved through my grandfather, who was a member. "
Maxine Peake
Politics
Grandfather
Party
" I didn't have my first serious boyfriend until I was 23. Then after that, I went out with a guy I'd been best friends with all through drama school. "
Maxine Peake
Serious
Best
Drama