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" I wouldn't say I'm that social... I'm either sailing my boat by myself or living in some small place. "
Rory McCann
Living
Boat
Small
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" I have friends who are blacksmiths in the north of Scotland, so I took a few master classes with,them. I loved learning a new skill. I will never look at a piece of wrought iron the same way now. I can now make semi-decent knife blades and candlesticks myself. "
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" If I had a long-term partner, I don't think I'd be an actor. It'd be too much of a strain; you have to work too hard to balance that life with a family and a mortgage and all that stuff - it would be too much. "
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" When I get a job, I make phone calls to every single person I know and tell them not to bloody call me. "
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" I was a bit of a late developer, and everyone was saying, 'Whatever you do, don't shave,' and I hadn't really started shaving. I remember rubbing the soot from a kettle on to my bumfluff to make it look more like I had a beard. "
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" I was a lumberjack for years, a pub bouncer, I've sung in a band; in fact, I still sing, and I even trained myself to be a tree surgeon. "
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" I have the will of a flip-flop. "
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" I'm single because I move about so much that I can't really get attached. "
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" I am very lucky in that if I don't get a job for six months or a year, I've got other things I can do and am fit enough to still do physical work. "
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" I live out in the country in Scotland and know that if I close my eyes, I can recognise every sound. "
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Country
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" The thing that I just discovered, which fascinates me really - my name, McCann, the translation isn't 'Son of Ann'... It comes from 'Canis' - as in 'canine' - as in 'dog!' My name - Rory McCann - means Rory Hound, Rory Wolfhound. "
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" I don't have a mortgage, I don't have a wife and I don't have kids, so I'm quite happy bumbling along. "
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" In the business I meet some beautiful women, but to be honest, 80 per cent of them are raving lunatics and are to be avoided. It's just insecurity; actors are generally quite insecure. I wouldn't date, or I've never had a fling with an actress, and I'd quite like to keep it that way. "
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" I've got to say my mother is the most important woman in my life, and not just because she is a 'Scotsman' reader. "
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" I'm just about to move to a place that you can only get there by rowing a boat across a loch, which I'm thoroughly looking forward to it. It's not got electricity or anything. "
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" I'm a man's man. I go out climbing and live outdoors. "
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" I can't get on girls' wavelengths at all. I think we are completely different. I don't know, maybe that's the way it should be. If we could all get along occasionally though, that would be nice. "
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" I'm on my boat, training, rehearsing; I spend all my energy on the job that's coming up, and I found that's the way that works for me. The more energy you have on set, the better you'll be; it's all about being alive in that moment and listening. "
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