Quotes from Maxine Peake
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.
- Maxine Peake
Crying does not equal good acting.
- Maxine Peake
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.
- Maxine Peake
I look up to the older generation of men - Arthur Scargill, Tony Benn, Jeremy Corbyn - but my main role model has been my step-granddad Jim. He's brilliant, very political, quite eccentric.
- Maxine Peake
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.
- Maxine Peake
I'm inspired by films from the early '50s, especially Jean Simmons in 'The Clouded Yellow' - and by vintage swing, psychobilly gigs, sea shanties, and English folklore.
- Maxine Peake
I'm a big comfort eater, so if I'm feeling sorry for myself, I'll just stuff my face.
- Maxine Peake
I'm unusual in that I've worked more as I've got older.
- Maxine Peake
You don't want to bash viewers over the head with a blunt message or lecture them - they'd soon get bored with that.
- Maxine Peake
What is male and what is female? I don't always feel female.
- Maxine Peake