In dreams, but that’s about it.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 February 2017 source ↗
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I’m getting closer all the time.
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At each of my theatre premieres.
Robert Carlyle
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I was on a plane in India and I thought it was going to crash. It was an old, rickety thing. It was pre-children - I wouldn't do it now.
Eleanor Tomlinson
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A horse-riding accident when I was about 15.
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I just felt like it would be a little bit better to take a back seat, work on my mindfulness. And I knew that the girls would do an absolutely great job and I didn't want to risk the team a medal for kind of my screw ups because they've worked way too hard for that. So I just decided that those girls need to go in and do the rest of the competition.
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