Maxine Peake Quotes

I grew up in Oldham and moved to Manchester and London. I didn't go to drama school. I just did a B-Tech.

I was born in Romania and later lived in Vienna, Austria, for a few years, and I eventually made my way over to New York in '95.

The first time I lived in L.A. I was too young. I really wanted to be back home in Vancouver.

I was just restless with being in school; so I went out to Los Angeles.

I grew up in the countryside in the middle of nowhere in England and got out as soon as I could!

I was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and I moved to Anderson, Indiana, in 2003 to go to school. I finished high school in America, then I went to college.

I was born in Egypt, and my family moved to London when I was seven. I grew up mostly in Clapham, where I also went to school after a brief stint in Whitechapel.

I am willing to go abroad if the right opportunity comes up.

I was born in Begusarai in Bihar. Then I spent 10 years in Kolkata and later hopped from Kathmandu to Delhi and, finally, Mumbai.

I moved when I was 16. I had no clue what to expect in moving to L.A. I had no clue, really, about what acting was. I just knew that I wanted to do it.

I come from the stage, so I started in New York, lived there for eleven years.

I got tired of Los Angeles, and I got tired of the game a bit. I wanted to have a different life experience, so I moved to England, and I lived in England for eight years, and I worked there.

I think there's a lot of honesty in that track. 'Smalltown Boy' was about leaving Glasgow but it was also about the people I had come to meet on my journey, especially when I was squatting in London.

Do as much theatre as you can while you're at school.

The thing I love about London is that it is filled with migrants, including myself.

I would love to get a job in France!

By the time I was 14, my most burning ambition was to leave my home, leave my neighborhood, leave my city. I kept it a secret wish. It was easier done than said. It wasn't only that I wanted to leave Chicago - I wanted to live in New York City. And I did - for a time.

When I left Stockton and went to Stanford, I felt I hit the lotto. I did not think I was coming back.

I love London. I love the U.K., but if I was going to live anywhere else on Earth, it would be Australia.

I wanted to act; wherever that was, I was happy. It just happened to be in America for me.

I moved to Shaker Heights from Pittsburgh, PA, just before I turned 10.

I grew up in Davenport, Iowa, but I moved to Santa Clarita, California, when I was 6.

I remember, when I first left Phoenix for L.A. I was 19, and I arrived with just $1000 to my name.

I was born in Southern California in a city called Norwalk. I grew up there until I moved up to New York when I was 18.

I left drama school in the early '50s.