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" I'd rather go down with an almighty bang than play it safe. "
Maxine Peake
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" The women I play don't sit in the corner eating lettuce leaves and talking about what designer shoes they have. "
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" I wasn't an obvious actress in any sense of the word. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I think, as a woman, you've got to make so many sacrifices. "
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" 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. "
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" You don't want to bash viewers over the head with a blunt message or lecture them - they'd soon get bored with that. "
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" I was a tomboy. I had a pudding-bowl haircut; I wore big Doc Martens and dungarees. "
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" 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. "
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" Everybody's in a situation; everybody has a story. It's about finding out why. "
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" I watch 'Take Me Out' mainly for Paddy McGuinness. When we were younger, we worked together as lifeguards at the Bolton Leisure Centre. "
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