Not giving up on myself. As a gay black man things are, at times, more difficult.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
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Raising two children. If you can get your kids to adulthood and they’re not voting Tory, doing drugs or collecting Nazi memorabilia, then you deserve a medal.
Being a decent person.
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Between 2007 and 2016, I had a large white rabbit called WillyFred. I was happiest pressing my ear to his fur and hearing his heart beat.
For winning that elusive Oscar.
Everyone comes to me for advice, and I wish they didn’t. I negotiate fees for other artists, give advice on property, on food, on clothes, on pensions. I can be standing on a corner in another country and someone will approach me for help.
The world doesn’t reward talent, it mostly rewards those who are connected.
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