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" I get very irate with actors when they talk about how distressing it all is. I mean, it's only acting. Please. "
Maxine Peake
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" Sometimes the darker the work, the more fun you can have. "
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" Crying does not equal good acting. "
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" I went to Salford Tech. They did a two-year performing arts course. I went there singing and dancing - I had a terrible time. I turned up in green dungarees and German power boots. I was into prog rock at the time - Gong and Hawkwind - and I was clumping around. "
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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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" I used to think the store detective had followed me all the way home and would knock on the door and go, 'Hello, is this your daughter? She's got three blue lipsticks and a moisturiser from Boots in her bag.' We just used to nick crap. Not even stuff we wanted. "
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" 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. "
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