Most of the people I dated between 23 and 33. It feels crazy to me that I ever thought that I could be anyone’s girlfriend before I figured out the things I’ve now figured out.
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Anybody who’s written to me and not heard back yet.
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Jason Isaacs
English actor
Anybody who met me before I was 30, because I was a drug addict, and all my relationships were experienced through that prism.
To my mother for disappointing her. Mummy wanted me to be a different sort of person from who I am, but one can’t change oneself.
Sandi Toksvig
Danish and British broadcaster, comedian and writer
Any fashion designer whose clothes on me must have made them weep.
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There was a moment in my early 20s when I’d finished Emmerdale and didn’t know what was next. I drove from LA to San Francisco listening to Tracy Chapman and it felt like one of those pure moments of uncomplicated joy.
Something tongue-in-cheek: Rescue Me.
I cry when I am overtired.
The ability to switch off.
Receiving a letter saying I didn’t get into drama school. I felt like Billy Elliot. It was a crushing moment.
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