'As an actor, your 直面する - however leathery - is a part of who you are': Stephen McGann?under the microscope

By Angela Wintle

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Call The Midwife actor Stephen McGann, 53, answers our health 質問（する）.

CAN YOU RUN UP THE STAIRS?

Yes, I trot up the stairs in the Tube, which is a 広大な／多数の／重要な health 計器. I enjoy walking at home in the Essex countryside - ideally for at least 30 minutes every day. We've always been a wiry bunch in my family, and we're 井戸／弁護士席 blessed genetically, so our 団体／死体s 扱う／治療する us kindly as long as we don't mess with them.

GET YOUR FIVE A DAY?

I do. I love my vegetables and I'm crazy about fruit. I 特に like grapes, which are packed with antioxidants, and I eat them like other people chew gum. I also love citrus fruit and spinach.

'I enjoy walking at home in the Essex countryside - ideally for at least 30 minutes every day'

'I enjoy walking at home in the Essex countryside - ideally for at least 30 m inutes every day'

EVER DIETED?

No, though I have to be careful. I'm 5ft 11in, 11st 10lb, and about 23 on the 団体／死体 集まり 索引 (BMI) 規模, which is where I should be. When I was younger I had a high metabolism and could eat like a horse, but now that I'm in my 50s I have to watch what I eat.

ANY VICES?

I stopped smoking in my 早期に 20s and gave up drinking 15 years ago, so my only 副／悪徳行為 is probably coffee because my wife [Call The Midwife writer Heidi Thomas] and I drink a lot, although I stop by 早期に afternoon. I say probably because 医療の scientists can't decide whether it's good or bad for you. I を待つ their 知恵 while drinking my strong Java.

When I left school, I couldn't find work and didn't know where my life was going, which made me feel 不十分な

ANY FAMILY AILMENTS?

All the boys in our family have dodgy left 膝s. My brothers [the actors Joe, Paul and 示す McGann] and I can't play football the way we used to - 新たな展開ing our 膝s doesn't agree with us now - so I've given it up.

WORST ILLNESS?

I had 肺炎 when I was seven and was in hospital for two weeks. I remember lying in bed, surrounded by an oxygen テント, and had terrible chest 苦痛 because I had fluid on the 肺s.

POP ANY PILLS?

No, I 辞退する even to take 頭痛 pills, although, contradictorily perhaps, I have an almost 宗教的な belief in the efficacies of Lemsip - it could cure a broken 脚 in my opinion.

HAVE PLASTIC SURGERY?

絶対 not. As an actor, your 直面する - however leathery - is a part of who you are. The only circumstance where I might consider it is if I had a facial 傷害 and a doctor recommended it.

'I stopped smoking in my early 20s and gave up drinking 15 years ago, so my only vice is probably coffee'

'I stopped smoking in my 早期に 20s and gave up drinking 15 years ago, so my only 副／悪徳行為 is probably coffee'

IS SEX IMPORTANT?

It's wonderful! It makes the world go 一連の会議、交渉／完成する and enables our 種類 to continue. But 広大な／多数の／重要な as it is, it's not everything.

EVER BEEN DEPRESSED?

I used to get やめる 負かす／撃墜する as a 十代の少年少女. When I left school, I couldn't find work and didn't know where my life was going, which made me feel 不十分な.

HANGOVER CURE?

The best is the one I follow - which is not to drink. Everything else is snake oil.

WHAT KEEPS YOU AWAKE?

Did I say the 権利 thing? Have I paid that 法案? 一般に though, I sleep 承認する.

LIKE TO LIVE FOR EVER?

絶対 not. Nothing would be worse than having to listen to my 内部の monologue for eternity.

Doctor Turner's Casebook (based on Call The Midwife) by Stephen McGann (Simon & Schuster, £20).?

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