English - Actress | July 14, 1974 -
I'm always an advocate of 'acting is reacting,' which can be difficult.
Maxine Peake
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As a human, if you're in a scary situation, you pretty much forget about everything else! You just try and survive.
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I'm a big techphobe. Someone else helps me run my Twitter; I wouldn't be able to trust myself.
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I don't really engage with that world of technology, which might be to my detriment.
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We need a wider sense of community because we're all on the same planet.
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When I was a little girl, there was this unbelievably cool female bus driver who'd work near us. I remember thinking I'd like to be her when I grew up.
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When I'm going to work, I often stop and wonder how I've got here. I don't mean literally, but just thinking back to when I first had the idea of being an actress, it seemed so unreal, so unlikely. People like me just didn't become actresses. Every new job I get comes as shock. It's almost as if I'm waiting to be found out.
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I'm a big comfort eater, so if I'm feeling sorry for myself, I'll just stuff my face.
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You don't want to bash viewers over the head with a blunt message or lecture them - they'd soon get bored with that.
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The women I play don't sit in the corner eating lettuce leaves and talking about what designer shoes they have.
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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.
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People will always respond to high-class drama.
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