Quotes from Maxine Peake
People will always respond to high-class drama.
- Maxine Peake
As a human, if you're in a scary situation, you pretty much forget about everything else! You just try and survive.
- Maxine Peake
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.
- Maxine Peake
I'd rather go down with an almighty bang than play it safe.
- Maxine Peake
I watch 'Take Me Out' mainly for Paddy McGuinness. When we were younger, we worked together as lifeguards at the Bolton Leisure Centre.
- Maxine Peake
I think an actor's process should be very personal and private, and sometimes I have thought, 'Oh, please, put it away now.'
- Maxine Peake
I actually used to compete at show-jumping when I was a young'un.
- Maxine Peake
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.
- Maxine Peake
I get very irate with actors when they talk about how distressing it all is. I mean, it's only acting. Please.
- Maxine Peake
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
Sometimes it feels like the feminist movement never happened.
- Maxine Peake
I get easily distracted and become a bit of a giddy giggler. I'm not good at taking myself seriously, and laughing at myself helps ease the pressure.
- Maxine Peake