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What is the harshest thing anyone has said to you?Originally asked
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The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 April 2024 source ↗
Someone said that I had a laugh like Jimmy Carr.
On Angela's Ashes, Alan Parker said to me, 'You've got the Bafta, just get in the door.' I was walking along the street to go into a shop and he saw me milking it a bit. It was a really good piece of advice.
“You’ll never do well as an actor unless you change your name.” I’m not going to say who.
“Let’s face it, you’re not Ingrid Bergman.” I was 19 and he was a potential boyfriend. My only thought at the time was: “I’m not?”
Maxi-multitasking.
Through rose-tinted spectacles.
This year, I was asked to be a judge for the Women’s prize for fiction and I’ve read 75 books in six months, so I’m parking shame for the time being.
Ultimately, a bigger hallway.
Having a family and still loving each other.
Slugs. And planetary annihilation.
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