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" We still have an underclass in this country who are constantly ignored and vilified. "
Maxine Peake
Who
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Ignored
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" I'm a big comfort eater, so if I'm feeling sorry for myself, I'll just stuff my face. "
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" Sometimes it feels like the feminist movement never happened. "
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" Music is a huge inspiration to my style. I first got into it when I was 10: the new wave mod scene. "
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" 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? "
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" As I've got older, I've got slightly more fussy. You've got less time; you need to use it wisely. "
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" I'm very independent, probably quite selfish, and like being able to disappear at the drop of a hat without having to explain myself - most men would find that a pain, wouldn't they? "
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Find
Selfish
" Nobody's impressed back home. All my friends were going, 'Oh right, so you're doing a play up in Leeds? Another depressing one is it? Do you mind if we don't bother coming?' I love that. "
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Doing
Friends
" I think an actor's process should be very personal and private, and sometimes I have thought, 'Oh, please, put it away now.' "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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Think
Sometimes
" I'm really unimaginative - once I like something, I fix on it. "
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Really
Once
Fix
" I don't have massive ambitions to be anywhere other than in this country doing good work. "
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Good
Good Work
Doing
" I actually used to compete at show-jumping when I was a young'un. "
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Actually
Used
Compete
" 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. "
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Honesty
Imagination
Eye
" I'm unusual in that I've worked more as I've got older. "
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More
Worked
Unusual
" I don't really engage with that world of technology, which might be to my detriment. "
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Really
Engage
Technology
" The 'Bolton News' is the best place for online comments. They say I'm an absolute idiot and a communist anarchist. I was never an anarchist; I was a communist! "
Maxine Peake
Best
Place
Say
" 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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World
Find
Go
" 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. "
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Got
Outfit
Music
" What is male and what is female? I don't always feel female. "
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Male
Female
Feel
" There aren't that many great female roles in Shakespeare - none that I'd be desperate to play. "
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Desperate
Great
None
" I think, as a woman, you've got to make so many sacrifices. "
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Woman
You
Think
" 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. "
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" I think with 'Silk' there's something there for everyone: it's a legal drama, but it's human as well - you get to dip into the lives of the barristers and clerks. "
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Think
" 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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Green
Power
Rock
" 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.' "
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Clever
Like
People
" 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. "
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You
School
Stone
" 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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Think
Blue
" I love 'Splash!' and 'Take Me Out.' Not that I'd ever do 'Splash!' It's the parading on British TV in a swimming costume I couldn't handle. "
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Love
Handle
Costume