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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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" 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

Fat

Double

Seeing

" 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. "

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

" I was a tomboy. I had a pudding-bowl haircut; I wore big Doc Martens and dungarees. "

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

Maxine Peake

Count

See

" If I dress up, I try to wear something that's still a bit me, but then I regret it when I see that everyone else has dressed up more and looks amazing. "

Maxine Peake

Amazing

Dressed

" I'm a big comfort eater, so if I'm feeling sorry for myself, I'll just stuff my face. "

" I love hoovering. People go to therapists; I've got a Hoover. "

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

Maxine Peake

Darker

Fun

" 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. "

" It's interesting when people say, 'You always play strong women,' because as far as I'm concerned, women are strong. I think that's what women are. We have got that vulnerability, but we have got that strength. We are survivors. "

" As a human, if you're in a scary situation, you pretty much forget about everything else! You just try and survive. "

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

Maxine Peake

Worked

Unusual

" 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. "

" People will always respond to high-class drama. "

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

Maxine Peake

Always

Little

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I think people expect me to dress a bit like Veronica from 'Shameless,' in vest tops and denim skirts. "

" When I was a little girl, there was this unbelievably cool female bus driver who'd work near us. I remember thinking I'd like to be her when I grew up. "

Maxine Peake

Cool

Work

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

" 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? "

" Every job still feels like the first time. "

Maxine Peake

Time

Job

" I am an actor. I love acting, and I absolutely love what I do, but I don't want it to be every waking hour. "

Maxine Peake

I Am

Acting

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

" Crying does not equal good acting. "