Felicity Jones
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No one, I’m pretty good at saying sorry.
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To myself for diminishing my gut feelings until quite recently.
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John Prescott
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
My mother, because I didn’t appreciate how proud she was of me being deputy prime minister. She ended up doing more press than me, and I was too sensitive and reacted.
My husband, Ludo, for not really getting why war movies are fun to watch.
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View profile →When I realised that I could get myself through anything that came my way.
I had a casting director once stop me in the middle of an audition and tell me to go wash my face in the bathroom because she felt my makeup was too distracting, but I wasn’t wearing any. It was mortifying. It felt like a power play and I was so young, I didn’t know what to do.
A blood clot in my artery when I was 23.
Curious, thoughtful and kind.
Being alive on Earth is challenging and I like to believe that whatever happens after is filled with peace and ease.
I’ve never really had a horrible job – I liked working at restaurants and being a nanny when I wasn’t acting.
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