Maxine Peake Quotes

I think women are strong, and they have never been weak.

You know, there's nothing damnable about being a strong woman. The world needs strong women. There are a lot of strong women you do not see who are guiding, helping, mothering strong men. They want to remain unseen. It's kind of nice to be able to play a strong woman who is seen.

It was just very interesting to me that certain types of women inspire people's imagination, and all of them were very difficult women.

I can't disappear. I come from a family of beautiful women, strong women - and 'strong' defined by being themselves.

Every single girl, whether we want to recognize it or not, is a warrior.

The women are the strong ones, truly.

Women are not weaker. Read that again. Women are not weaker. They are just as strong, just as resolute, just as creative, and are filled with just as much potential as any man.

There is a growing strength in women but it's in the forehead, not the forearm.

I never wrote just straight women's roles. I liked the strong characters. I don't mean women who have masculine qualities about them, but something that has some intestinal fortitude, some guts to it.

Women are just beginning to see that; there's something about being a woman that's innately different from being a man. I love what I'm seeing take place and I know Julia has so much to offer.

All the women in my family are extremely strong.

There's a side of me that dislikes feminism. I think we surrendered something and women were unable to reveal any kind of vulnerability.

I see women as oppressed, but I don't see them as victims; I see them rising all the time. I see them as very strong.

The older I get, the more impressed I am with women. I have yet to meet a woman who is not strong. They don't exist.

I've been lucky to work consistently on women who I think are interesting, fleshed out, and strong and active participants in their destiny.

Women are blessed with energy - a power which is unique. I have been very fortunate to have played strong women and explored their strengths through my films.

Women are stronger than men - they do not die of wisdom.

My whole drive to be an actor was finding roles that I really believed represent modern women, the struggles that we deal with. Women who are strong and capable and in control of their own lives.

I have an appreciation for strong women.

To me, women have always been the sturdiest people in my life and have been incredible sources of energy.

All women are forces of nature, and I believe in their power.

Strong women, that's who I really respect.

Women are such strong, powerful leaders, and a lot of the time, we play it silent.

My family's full of wild women.

We can be mothers and have careers. We can finish our education with children in tow. Is it a challenge? Yep. But women are made for challenges. We are strong enough to handle the challenges presented to us. It's what we were made to do.