I think I'm very open and friendly and warm. Gina McKee More Quotes by Gina McKee More Quotes From Gina McKee There are different definitions of love, and one of the most wonderful definitions of love is to allow somebody to be. Gina McKee definitions different love-is 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. Gina McKee coal-miners cousin father Where I grew up in the North-east, the community there, and the way people relate to one another, goes very deep. But I don't define myself as a Northerner in that I don't live in the North. Gina McKee east community people I think its nice to be able to make a product, put it out there and let other people decide what they think. Gina McKee nice people thinking The first time I came to London on my own, I was 15. I was absolutely oblivious to so many things. I had no expectations, no fears. I just came to do a National Youth Theatre season one summer. It was just brilliant. Gina McKee theatre expectations summer I was one of those kids who found it difficult to eat anything that looked like an animal. Gina McKee eat like difficult animal My instinct is probably one of the strongest assets I've got, workwise. Gina McKee got strongest assets instinct 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. Gina McKee looking feeling you children The National Youth Theatre did one very simple but incredible thing for me: it made me realise I had choices. Gina McKee me youth choices simple 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. Gina McKee think you disappointment love I'm extremely self-critical. Although I try not to be ridiculous about it, wearing horsehair shirts and all that. It's a private exercise I don't necessarily share with other people. Gina McKee try share exercise people Usually I can go for three or four weeks and then I start to bake cakes or make jewellery and I think, 'hang on a minute, I'm obviously bored rigid. I need to get back out there.' Gina McKee back start think i-can I've had two instances when I've met journalists face to face and we've had good interviews and I've said, 'We don't have children, by the way,' and then they've written it. I'm not sure what that's about. As misleading facts go, it's not a terrible one but it isn't true - we don't have kids. Gina McKee face good children way 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. Gina McKee feel me life people There's a way of negotiating how you portray your private life publicly that I've never had the skill to do. Gina McKee skill you life way
