Top 25 Quotes & Sayings by George MacKay

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English actor George MacKay.

Last updated on November 21, 2024.

George Andrew J. MacKay is a British actor. He began his career as a child actor in Peter Pan (2003). He had starring roles in the British war drama Private Peaceful (2012), the romantic film How I Live Now (2013), For Those in Peril (2013), for which he won a BAFTA Scotland Award and was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award, and Marrowbone (2017). He garnered recognition for his leading role in 1917 (2019) which received critical acclaim and numerous awards.

English - Actor | Born: March 13, 1992

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My mum was a costume designer and costume supervisor in the theater and, especially, the ballet. But that was before I was born.

George MacKay

I guess I'm taking for granted how open my parents are.

George MacKay

I want as much as I can to try and explore different roles and different characters; that's important to me to get involved in as many different parts as I can.

George MacKay

Glasgow's really friendly, with this impressive mix of real solidarity and identity that's very personal.

George MacKay

What I'd like to do is try as many different ways of working as possible. That's what I'm looking to do - collaborate with as many different directors.

George MacKay

I audition for a lot and don't get a lot.

George MacKay

My dad used to work in the theater as a stage manager, production manager, and lighting designer.

George MacKay

There's a loyalty attached to football, and it is more communal than theatre. If you go to the football, it is part of the structure of your life. For lots of people, theatre is a treat.

George MacKay

The more I can be the character, the further I can get away from myself, the better.

George MacKay

I had to try to understand how much of a taboo it was. My mum worked in ballet and theatre when she was younger, and I had been brought up around lots of gay people, so I had never had any issue and couldn't imagine how hard it was to be out.

George MacKay

I got to do school properly and all the stuff that you should do when you're young and teenage: first friends, first girlfriends. It wasn't like I needed to be doing acting.

George MacKay

When me and my sister were toddlers, it was 'The Jungle Book' literally every day. If it was lunchtime, it was 'Jungle Book' time.

George MacKay

I wouldn't want to ever complain about having the opportunity to audition.

George MacKay

Reading nice stuff about you is lovely, but I know it's going to be soul-destroying when you do something that everyone is tearing apart.

George MacKay

Diversity is best in all contexts.

George MacKay

You would not get out of bed in the morning if you were constantly worrying about the possibility of something happening to you on your way to work. But it is still something to pay attention to, I think.

George MacKay

My dad's Australian.

George MacKay

If you've got a camera that's two feet away from you, you have to bring it all back down. It's a lot more insular. It's different brush strokes. Whereas on stage, you're playing to people who, depending on the size of the theater, might be 40 meters away from you.

George MacKay

I think, when you're younger, you're slightly spoilt with the situation you get put in and to get to work with the people I got to work with without really thinking about it.

George MacKay

Acting is all about creative ideas and sharing, so the more places those ideas come from, the better.

George MacKay