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. Maxine Peake Read Quote
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. Maxine Peake Read Quote
You want to go to your deathbed saying, ‘I didn’t sell out.’ But it’s a tough business to keep to what you believe in and get through and do well. Maxine Peake Read Quote
I reckoned my accent and class would count against me; I didn’t see actresses as being working-class. Maxine Peake Read Quote
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. Maxine Peake Read Quote
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. Maxine Peake Read Quote
I was a tomboy. In my clubbing days, my friend Lucy Davies-Hunt – half-Iranian, looked like Yasmin Le Bon – could wear catsuits, while I was the one in the sweatshirt, jeans, and Fila boots. Maxine Peake Read Quote
I’m a big comfort eater, so if I’m feeling sorry for myself, I’ll just stuff my face. Maxine Peake Read Quote
I don’t really engage with that world of technology, which might be to my detriment. Maxine Peake Read Quote
