“If I were to appear in a programme like 'Sex and the City,' I'm sure I...” — Maxine Peake 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.”

“Cooking, you can keep. I've not the slightest interest in it.”

“The women I play don't sit in the corner eating lettuce leaves and talking about what designer shoes they have.”

“I started out writing when I was young; stuff about exposing the truth about how people are not what they appear, about how they are much more dysfunctional than they seem. Pulling back the curtain - that felt smart. But as I got older, exposing how frail people can be seems less and less deep.”

“I'm not flying to the moon. But when I've talked to people who have been up, you can tell it's really special because without fail a very special light comes into their eyes and they appear to be very fulfilled in some way and very calm.”