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"    Photo: Getty Images   Though he&amp;#039;s been steadily working for the past decade, John &amp;quot;Scoot&amp;quot; McNairy isn&amp;#039;t a household name\u2014yet. With a spate of high profile projects under his belt this year, including Oscar bait Argo, the talented character actor will soon be known for much more than a memorable nickname. &amp;quot;Obviously I&amp;#039;m over it,&amp;quot; he says of his fun-to-say moniker. &amp;quot;Though it&amp;#039;s probably helped out over the years. I don&amp;#039;t know if [casting directors] liked me or not, but they definitely remembered me.&amp;quot; It seems they liked him plenty. In addition to the Brad Pitt-starrer Killing Them Softly (out today), in which he plays an out-of-his-league crook, McNairy has a jaw-dropping seven features slated for release in the upcoming year. But the laid-back jokester, who sews custom button-downs in his spare time, isn&amp;#039;t phased by the overwhelming demand for his talents. &amp;quot;I just try to pick one project at a time,&amp;quot; he says with a chuckle.   Age: 32 Provenance: Dallas, Texas Relationship status: Married to actress Whitney Able, whom he met while filming 2010&amp;#039;s Monsters On his badass wife: &amp;quot;She mostly hangs out with males, so there&amp;#039;s a lot of guys I&amp;#039;m constantly surrounded by. My wife appreciates guns and rides motorcycles. The two of us get to do a lot of dude activities when we&amp;#039;re together.&amp;quot; On cracking Brad Pitt: &amp;quot;We weren&amp;#039;t supposed to know each other [in Killing Them Softly], so we separated ourselves for three weeks. After the third day, Brad says, &amp;#039;Okay, this is enough, I can&amp;#039;t do this anymore. Scoot, I&amp;#039;m Brad. It&amp;#039;s nice to meet you.&amp;#039; He&amp;#039;s the nicest, most genuine guy, and so down-to-earth.&amp;quot; On the power of chemistry: &amp;quot;Chemistry is just something that I really, really thrive upon\u2014whether there is or isn&amp;#039;t chemistry. I did a play [This is Our Youth] with my buddy [and Dustin&amp;#039;s son] Max Hoffman in which we play roommates\u2014and then we became roommates for four years!&amp;quot; On his very own brand of personal style: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve never been interested in fashion, but I have been complimented on the individualism of the way I dress,&amp;quot; he explains of a predilection for sewing together worn-in plaids and concert tees. &amp;quot;I lived with Johnny Wujek, who&amp;#039;s Katy Perry&amp;#039;s stylist, my first two or three years in California. I&amp;#039;m sure there was some sort of influence there, but I think Johnny always thought I had bad style.&amp;quot; On what he&amp;#039;s learned from Hollywood: &amp;quot;Stay in your subconscious. Be free. Be willing to make mistakes. Be willing to fall on your face. The mistakes you make as an actor are some of your most golden moments.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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