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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. "

Maxine Peake

Think

Blue

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" 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

" When I was growing up, because I was a bit overweight and boyish, I thought I wasn't attractive to the opposite sex, but I have since met lads from my school who said I just seemed unapproachable. "

" 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. "

" 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

" Male? Female? It's not always relevant to some people. They are who they are - they might not fit into a specific box. "

" 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. "

" I look up to the older generation of men - Arthur Scargill, Tony Benn, Jeremy Corbyn - but my main role model has been my step-granddad Jim. He's brilliant, very political, quite eccentric. "

" I get very irate with actors when they talk about how distressing it all is. I mean, it's only acting. Please. "

" 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. "

" 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

" I think, as a woman, you've got to make so many sacrifices. "

" There aren't that many great female roles in Shakespeare - none that I'd be desperate to play. "

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

" I do, in a strange way, care deeply what people think. "

" For me, politics is about passion. It doesn't matter what you know; it's your actions that count. I meet people who say they're socialists, and that's not what they carry out in their everyday life. "

" 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. "

" I get easily distracted and become a bit of a giddy giggler. I'm not good at taking myself seriously, and laughing at myself helps ease the pressure. "

" My favourite outfit is a giant bunny suit. I wore it in a music video for 'Are You One?' by the Chanteuse & the Crippled Claw and got to keep it. "

" I'd rather go down with an almighty bang than play it safe. "

Maxine Peake

Play

Rather

" 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? "

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

Maxine Peake

Acting

Kept

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

Maxine Peake

Count

See

" You don't want to bash viewers over the head with a blunt message or lecture them - they'd soon get bored with that. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 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

" The women I play don't sit in the corner eating lettuce leaves and talking about what designer shoes they have. "

" When I'm not acting, I don't feel like an actor. "

Maxine Peake

Actor

Acting