I didn’t have my first serious boyfriend until I was 23. Then after that, I went out with a guy I’d been best friends with all through drama school. Maxine Peake Read Quote
Unfortunately, at the end of the day, when you watch yourself on the screen, you are always you. Maxine Peake Read Quote
I know I sometimes come across as being quite dismissive about acting. But I’m not. It’s like people reading their diaries in public. I don’t want to talk about how I create characters. I find it self-indulgent. Maxine Peake Read Quote
Music is a huge inspiration to my style. I first got into it when I was 10: the new wave mod scene. Maxine Peake Read Quote
I was a tomboy. I had a pudding-bowl haircut; I wore big Doc Martens and dungarees. Maxine Peake Read Quote
I must admit I don’t usually buy a daily paper, although I will get one if there’s an interview I want to read. Maxine Peake Read Quote
If I were to appear in a programme like ‘Sex and the City,’ I’m sure I’d be cast as the downtrodden one staying at home and having seven children while the others jet-setted around the world. Maxine Peake Read Quote
The women I play don’t sit in the corner eating lettuce leaves and talking about what designer shoes they have. Maxine Peake Read Quote
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 Read Quote
