Two days ago, on the plane back to New York, watching Love Actually.
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June Brown
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I have wet eyes sometimes, but I cried all my tears in my youth.
Ed Harris
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Couple of days ago, reading a thank-you note my parents had left after we celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in Wyoming.
The FA Cup final, watching Crystal Palace win.
Ben Kingsley
English actor
For a film called Eliza Graves. It hasn't been released yet, but then again they might have edited that weeping sequence out.
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