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" Food is important in working out a character. How she eats is a window into her temperament. If I think she likes her food, I'll put on a few pounds, or lose a few if she lives on her nerves. "

Maxine Peake

Think

Window

Character

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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. "

Maxine Peake

Said

Always

" 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. "

" Generally, I am losing faith in telly, as we do have good dramas but not as many as there should be. "

" 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? "

" When I graduated, I was my biggest ever: 15 stone, with a boyfriend - my first - of just 11 stone. I was 23 years old. It wasn't just affecting my career: it was a health issue as well. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I remember when New Labour got in. I was at Salford Tech studying drama, and everyone was jumping up and down, and I was so upset, I went to a phone box and called my granddad. "

" I take bits and pieces from everything. But I think the Method can be very isolating, and sometimes it's more about ego than playing the character truthfully. "

" I must admit I don't usually buy a daily paper, although I will get one if there's an interview I want to read. "

" 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. "

" We need a wider sense of community because we're all on the same planet. "

" I was a tomboy. I had a pudding-bowl haircut; I wore big Doc Martens and dungarees. "

" I get angry about the way women are forced and bullied into what the male ideal is. "

" I was a tomboy. In my clubbing days, my friend Lucy Davies-Hunt - half-Iranian, looked like Yasmin Le Bon - could wear catsuits, while I was the one in the sweatshirt, jeans, and Fila boots. "

Maxine Peake

Tomboy

Jeans

" 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. "

" 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

Feel

People

" For me, I'm still always that kid from Bolton. "

Maxine Peake

Kid

Always

" If I dress up, I try to wear something that's still a bit me, but then I regret it when I see that everyone else has dressed up more and looks amazing. "

Maxine Peake

Amazing

Dressed

" 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. "

" I reckoned my accent and class would count against me; I didn't see actresses as being working-class. "

Maxine Peake

Count

See

" I'm not a fan of reality TV. "

" As a human, if you're in a scary situation, you pretty much forget about everything else! You just try and survive. "

" It's great having time to just sit back and work through things in my mind. It helps put life into perspective. "

" Pay in the acting world hasn't kept up with inflation. "

Maxine Peake

Acting

Kept

" We still have an underclass in this country who are constantly ignored and vilified. "

" Often, when I am playing difficult roles, I have a problem sleeping because I can't leave the character behind. "

Maxine Peake

Character

I Am