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" In my 20s, I was going round seeing agents who were patronising because I was fat and a girl, which was a double whammy. I knew what it was to feel out-of-the-loop. "

Maxine Peake

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Double

Seeing

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" I actually used to compete at show-jumping when I was a young'un. "

" I find these dramas fascinating - it's a world that many of us fortunately don't dip into. The legal system is all around us, but the majority of us don't have to go into a court, so it's a way into another world that is unusual. "

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" The films, the music, the telly that I like is always a little bit more on the margins. "

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Little

" If I were to appear in a programme like 'Sex and the City,' I'm sure I'd be cast as the downtrodden one staying at home and having seven children while the others jet-setted around the world. "

" Everybody's in a situation; everybody has a story. It's about finding out why. "

" Music is a huge inspiration to my style. I first got into it when I was 10: the new wave mod scene. "

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

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

" My kind of work is very intense. The trouble with me is that I completely fling myself into it. I get giddy. I get terrible crushes on jobs. "

" I've always fancied being a bit of warrior, on a horse swinging a sword around, sorting out the men... Oh yes, that sounds lovely. "

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

" I don't have massive ambitions to be anywhere other than in this country doing good work. "

" Crying does not equal good acting. "

" 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. "

" Sometimes it feels like the feminist movement never happened. "

Maxine Peake

Sometimes

Feels

" I've always had pop-star crushes. I had a huge crush on Ian Brown. "

" 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 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. "

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

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Darker

Fun

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

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Character

I Am

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

" I watch 'Take Me Out' mainly for Paddy McGuinness. When we were younger, we worked together as lifeguards at the Bolton Leisure Centre. "

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

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

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