Getting my teeth done. I had veneers and it took 18 months.
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Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?Originally asked
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Getting my teeth done. I had veneers and it took 18 months.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 December 2020 source ↗
My partner was doing a play in Hong Kong last year and I went to visit him, and I bought him a beautiful teacup. But I didn’t look at the price tag before I took it to the till and it was £100, the most expensive teacup imaginable.
A poster for The Godfather, my favourite film, signed by Marlon Brando, Al Pacino and everyone. I got drunk at a children’s charity auction and started buying everything!
I collect old costumes: I have one of Johnny Cash’s, and Liberace’s shoes.
Airline tickets. I spend a lot on flying because I’ve three kids in the UK.What would your superpower be?To drink as much beer as I can without putting on weight.
When Sean Connery died. He was a big tennis fan – a big Andy fan – and I met him a few times.
On a flight, last February, from Atlanta to Rio. We went through a storm and I was convinced that the plane was going down. The overhead cabins were opening, everything was falling out, people were screaming and I was hanging on to my seat.
Billie Jean King. She’s the reason tennis is such an equal sport in terms of opportunity for women.
That Scottish tennis has failed to capitalise on the successes of Jamie and Andy.
Firm, fair, fun.
When I was 17, I was offered a tennis scholarship at the University of Virginia. I wish I had been brave enough to take it.
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