Last year, during four days in January, when I directed Rhoda, my second short film, in a tiny house in Camberwell with Juliet Stevenson and Emma D’Arcy.
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Last year, during four days in January, when I directed Rhoda, my second short film, in a tiny house in Camberwell with Juliet Stevenson and Emma D’Arcy.
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When I was less well informed.
This year's a pretty good year.
In 1988, when the final whistle went in the FA Cup final and we beat Liverpool.
In Macon, Georgia, during my childhood. I knew everybody there—it was like the whole town was your family. I felt complete there.
A receding hairline.
You can only do one thing at a time.
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.
I spent about five years living in Paris thinking I would become Kristin Scott Thomas, and it didn’t happen.
Not getting to the point.
My failed driving test a few months ago. I got three majors and by the end of it the examiner couldn’t wait to get out of the car.
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