Top 13 Quotes & Sayings by Emma Mackey

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a French actress Emma Mackey.

Last updated on April 16, 2025.

Emma Margaret Marie Tachard-Mackey is a French-British actress. Following minor roles in independent and short films, Mackey had her breakthrough playing Maeve Wiley on the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education (2019–present), which earned her a British Academy Television Award nomination. She has appeared in the drama film Eiffel (2021) and the mystery film Death on the Nile (2022).

French - Actress

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I'm French, and no one really knows that unless I tell them. So, I can speak French; that's my secret talent.

Emma Mackey

People usually think with their brain or go with their heart, but a good place to start is if you have a gut feeling.

Emma Mackey

People choose to shut themselves off and build a load of defense mechanisms and not let anybody in because it's easier that way. You don't get hurt, and there's less risk involved if you build this hard shell.

Emma Mackey

I went to university in Leeds, and I graduated in 2016 and moved to London with the intention of applying to drama school. I was living at my friend's house; then, I was working as a live-in nanny for a couple of months because I had nowhere else to live.

Emma Mackey

I realized it's a wonderful quality to be able to spend your energy on people who are actually worth it.

Emma Mackey

I'm trying to hold my head high and not apologize and be nice all the time because that's not always necessary.

Emma Mackey

I'm very flattered because Margot Robbie is insanely beautiful, but it's always annoying to have people focusing on your looks as opposed to what you're actually doing on the job. But also, I'll take it. There are worse people to be compared to.

Emma Mackey

I don't feel like I have to be nice and apologetic all of the time. I'm trying to be strong and fierce.

Emma Mackey

There are so many tropes in 'Sex Education'; don't get me wrong. There are lots of formulaic things, but the reason they're in there is because they work, and we can rework them because people recognize them.

Emma Mackey

If someone asks you if you're all right, and you say you are, that's usually a lie.

Emma Mackey

We're a very imaginative species; we're very good at creating fictions.

Emma Mackey

Your circumstances can have an effect on you as a person. If you are nurtured and looked after by the right people, you can be the best version of yourself.

Emma Mackey

I wasn't a part of any real clique at school but had a select few friends that I would open up to.

Emma Mackey

Top 13 Quotes & Sayings by Emma Mackey

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