What do I know about women? I don't know anything. Rory McCann More Quotes by Rory McCann More Quotes From Rory McCann 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. Rory McCann training listening jobs I'm single because I move about so much that I can't really get attached. Rory McCann i-can moving If I had a long-term partner, I dont think Id be an actor. Itd 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. Rory McCann balance long thinking 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. Rory McCann looking place you looking-forward I don't have a mortgage or kids, so I can lie low and tighten my belt if I need to. Rory McCann low lie need i-can 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. Rory McCann women business beautiful way I'm a man's man. I go out climbing and live outdoors. Rory McCann outdoors live go man 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. Rory McCann quite mortgage wife happy 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. Rory McCann surgeon myself band tree I've got to say my mother is the most important woman in my life, and not just because she is a 'Scotsman' reader. Rory McCann woman my-life mother life 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. Rory McCann think know nice way I have the will of a flip-flop. Rory McCann will I wouldn't say I'm that social... I'm either sailing my boat by myself or living in some small place. Rory McCann small place myself boat 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. Rory McCann name me dog son There were times at the start of it all when I would be standing, terrified, in front of the cameras and people I considered 'real' actors. I had no idea what was happening, what the guy with the clipboard did, or if people in the studio were looking at me because it was their job to look at me or because they thought I was making a mess of things. Rory McCann looking look me people My roles aren't huge, but it's a start. Rory McCann start huge roles When I get a job, I make phone calls to every single person I know and tell them not to bloody call me. Rory McCann phone job know me I live out in the country in Scotland and know that if I close my eyes, I can recognise every sound. Rory McCann live eyes i-can country 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. Rory McCann myself look friends learning 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. Rory McCann i-am job i-can work
