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On stage – the Old Vic in 1981 and Glastonbury last year.
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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Chris Addison
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It would be a bad sign if I had a definite answer to that, wouldn't it?
Kate Nash
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British summers give me a really happy feeling. My bedroom at our family home in Harrow looks out on to our garden and a cricket field, and you just know when it’s the first day of summer.
Alison Steadman
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When my son was born and I realised I was a mum.
Julia Stiles
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This morning when I woke up. I am generally happy.
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Shakespeare said, “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so” – I think that’s true.
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