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I don't feel comfortable talking about my private life, and some people in my private life don't feel comfortable about me talking about it. So I don't.

From Gina McKee

A distant cousin sent me some genealogy report on my father's side, and it's sort of what I suspected. Coal miners for generations... four or maybe five generations.

From Gina McKee

I was one of those kids who found it difficult to eat anything that looked like an animal.

From Gina McKee

My instinct is probably one of the strongest assets I've got, workwise.

From Gina McKee

Being an actor somehow can be a perverse extension of that feeling we generally all have as children, that feeling of wanting to please. Of course you're looking for affirmation, encouragement.

From Gina McKee

The National Youth Theatre did one very simple but incredible thing for me: it made me realise I had choices.

From Gina McKee

I love that, even after jumping through hoops forever, I can still get that buzz, that hook. That's very healthy, but it's bittersweet, too, because if you don't get the part, you have to deal with the disappointment. I don't think I'll ever negotiate those peaks and troughs wholly healthily.

From Gina McKee