Maxine Peake

My favourite outfit is a giant bunny suit. I wore it in a music video for 'Are You One?' by the Chanteuse…

— Maxine Peake

I'd rather go down with an almighty bang than play it safe.

— Maxine Peake

I'm a big techphobe. Someone else helps me run my Twitter; I wouldn't be able to trust myself.

— Maxine Peake

I watch 'Take Me Out' mainly for Paddy McGuinness. When we were younger, we worked together as lifeguards at the Bolton Leisure…

— Maxine Peake

Crying does not equal good acting.

— Maxine Peake

As I've got older, I've got slightly more fussy. You've got less time; you need to use it wisely.

— 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…

— Maxine Peake

I think you can tell a lot by someone's footwear - cowboy boots would put me off, as would a man in…

— Maxine Peake

I'm inspired by films from the early '50s, especially Jean Simmons in 'The Clouded Yellow' - and by vintage swing, psychobilly gigs,…

— Maxine Peake

I care about my work, but I don't care about getting it wrong. The more you do, the more you realise nobody's…

— Maxine Peake

I remember when New Labour got in. I was at Salford Tech studying drama, and everyone was jumping up and down, and…

— Maxine Peake

I love 'Splash!' and 'Take Me Out.' Not that I'd ever do 'Splash!' It's the parading on British TV in a swimming…

— Maxine Peake

For me, politics is about passion. It doesn't matter what you know; it's your actions that count. I meet people who say…

— Maxine Peake

If I were to appear in a programme like 'Sex and the City,' I'm sure I'd be cast as the downtrodden one…

— 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

When we were doing 'Criminal Justice,' they were filming 'Clash of the Titans' nearby and we kept nicking off to their catering…

— Maxine Peake

The first posh meal out I had was on my 10th birthday.

— Maxine Peake

A few things make a person stylish: honesty, imagination with a sprinkling of humour. I still keep an eye on trends, but…

— Maxine Peake

I left the North when I was 21 to go to drama school in London, and I stayed there 12 years.

— Maxine Peake

People will always respond to high-class drama.

— Maxine Peake

I'm really unimaginative - once I like something, I fix on it.

— Maxine Peake

When I'm not acting, I don't feel like an actor.

— Maxine Peake

It's great having time to just sit back and work through things in my mind. It helps put life into perspective.

— 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

I'm very independent, probably quite selfish, and like being able to disappear at the drop of a hat without having to explain…

— Maxine Peake