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Downton Abbey fans for ruining Christmas in 2012.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 November 2017 source ↗
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Don Warrington
British actor
To my brother, because I wish I’d been there for him more.
Vick Hope
British television and radio presenter
My younger self. I told myself so often that I was not good enough, that I was not smart enough, that I was not interesting enough, that I was boring and ugly. I wasn’t kind to my body, and I did and said things to myself that I would never do or say to a friend.
Edith Bowman
Scottish radio DJ and television presenter
Martin Scorsese. I was, let’s say, slightly tactile with him during a Q&A; I was more nervous than I’ve been about anything. I kept tapping his knee, it might even have been bruised by the end.
My housemate, because I keep shrinking his jumpers in the wash.
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Jobs that I saw on television, until I realised they were all played by actors – then I wanted to be an actor.
Probably on a Los Angeles freeway.
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