KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Maxine Peake Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Maxine Peake

Showing 41-50 of 100 Quotes by Maxine Peake

I think with 'Silk' there's something there for everyone: it's a legal drama, but it's human as well - you get to dip into the lives of the barristers and clerks.

~Maxine Peake

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


At drama school, I was told, 'Lay off the chips, or you'll never play Juliet.' Sometimes, in the stock room of the set of 'Dinnerladies,' I'd put away three or four Mars bars while waiting for a scene. Then, at 24, I lost five stone.

~Maxine Peake

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~Maxine Peake

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


After my mum and dad got divorced, I was entitled to free school dinners, but my mum said, 'Under no circumstances,' because she was proud.

~Maxine Peake

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I don't have massive ambitions to be anywhere other than in this country doing good work.

~Maxine Peake

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


When we were doing 'Criminal Justice,' they were filming 'Clash of the Titans' nearby and we kept nicking off to their catering tent and going, 'Look what they've got!'

~Maxine Peake

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Nobody's impressed back home. All my friends were going, 'Oh right, so you're doing a play up in Leeds? Another depressing one is it? Do you mind if we don't bother coming?' I love that.

~Maxine Peake

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I'm always an advocate of 'acting is reacting,' which can be difficult.

~Maxine Peake

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


As a human, if you're in a scary situation, you pretty much forget about everything else! You just try and survive.

~Maxine Peake

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Actress

Born: July 14th, 1974

Links

Find Maxine Peake on Amazon

Related Authors

Julie Andrews
Francesca Annis
Jane Birkin
Jacqueline Bisset
Judi Dench
Miranda Hart
Vivien Leigh
Elizabeth Taylor

Popular Authors

Isaac Asimov Alexander Graham Bell Joseph Campbell Post Malone Groucho Marx Jerry Seinfeld Twiggy William Butler Yeats

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1920 - Ray Bradbury

1822 - George Stoneman

1832 - Julius Sterling Morton

1854 - Charles Fillmore

1862 - Claude Debussy

1891 - Jacques Lipchitz

1902 - Leni Riefenstahl

1904 - Deng Xiaoping

1908 - Henri Cartier-Bresson

1914 - Jack Dunphy

Birthdays on August 22nd
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Faith Humor Jealousy Learning Money Mother's Day Moving On Religion