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The first 10 years of my marriage, when my children were small.
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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Meghan Trainor
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Whenever I’m with my kids.
Opening day of The Empire Strikes Back, 86th Street Loews.
Robert Carlyle
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The birth of my first child, July 4 2002.
On a beach, watching my girls do cartwheels, with a Goombay Smash with a floater on top.
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I wish I were braver, although I try. I work too hard and don’t play enough. Too much work ethic, not enough “fun.”
Losing another child. (I lost one of my sons to suicide when he was 19.)
My agent Mort Janklow, Sidney Poitier, and Barbara Walters.
Loyalty, kindness, honesty, trustworthiness, reliability.
Not always standing up for myself enough.
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