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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Maxine Peake

Character

Think

Sometimes

" 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. "

" 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

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

Maxine Peake

Play

Rather

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

Maxine Peake

Actor

Acting

" I'm unusual in that I've worked more as I've got older. "

Maxine Peake

Worked

Unusual

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

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

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

" 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 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. "

" Sometimes the darker the work, the more fun you can have. "

Maxine Peake

Darker

Fun

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

Maxine Peake

Acting

Kept

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

" The first posh meal out I had was on my 10th birthday. "

" I think an actor's process should be very personal and private, and sometimes I have thought, 'Oh, please, put it away now.' "

" After my mum and dad got divorced, I was entitled to free school dinners, but my mum said, 'Under no circumstances,' because she was proud. "

" I left the North when I was 21 to go to drama school in London, and I stayed there 12 years. "

" 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. "

" 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

People

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Maxine Peake

Kid

Always

" I'm inspired by films from the early '50s, especially Jean Simmons in 'The Clouded Yellow' - and by vintage swing, psychobilly gigs, sea shanties, and English folklore. "

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