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" When we were doing 'Criminal Justice,' they were filming 'Clash of the Titans' nearby and we kept nicking off to their catering tent and going, 'Look what they've got!' "

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" 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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People

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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

" 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! "

" We take things at face value, don't we? You form an opinion about something immediately, but you ought to step back a bit. Take in the vista first. "

" 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. "

" As I've got older, I've got slightly more fussy. You've got less time; you need to use it wisely. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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Always

Little

" 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. "

" 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? "

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

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

" There aren't that many great female roles in Shakespeare - none that I'd be desperate to play. "

" 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'm not a fan of reality TV. "

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

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Darker

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" What's wrong with wanting the best for everybody? "

" They always said to me that I needed to be more feminine. I think it's so wrong. Being boisterous doesn't mean you are not feminine. "

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Said

Always

" When I was growing up, because I was a bit overweight and boyish, I thought I wasn't attractive to the opposite sex, but I have since met lads from my school who said I just seemed unapproachable. "

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