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

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The imagination is not an escape, but a return to the richness of our true selves; a return to reality.

imagination self reality

Hills tell old stories. Cliffs are poets with harps. by George MacKay

Hills tell old stories. Cliffs are poets with harps.

cliffs hills stories

We never find what we set out hearts on. We ought to be glad of t... by George MacKay

We never find what we set out hearts on. We ought to be glad of that.

ought glad heart

The Orkney imagination is haunted by time. by George MacKay

The Orkney imagination is haunted by time.

imagination

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

costume i-was-born born designer

My dad used to work in the theater as a stage manager, production... by George MacKay

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

manager stage dad work

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

day me sister time

Diversity is best in all contexts. by George MacKay

Diversity is best in all contexts.

best diversity

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

sharing better creative ideas

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.

you football life people

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

personal solidarity real identity

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.

know you nice reading

My dad's Australian. by George MacKay

My dad's Australian.

australian dad

I audition for a lot and don't get a lot. by George MacKay

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

audition lot get

I wouldn't want to ever complain about having the opportunity to... by George MacKay

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

complain about want opportunity

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.

possible looking try like

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.

doing you friends school

The more I can be the character, the further I can get away from... by George MacKay

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

better myself i-can character

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.

never understand gay people

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.

you work people thinking