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It used to be myself, but I am over that now.
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I can't think of anything.
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Not doing more movies.
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Not working in another country.
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Getting arrested in New York and discovering how lacking in morality US law enforcers are. Being handcuffed to a metal trolley in Bellevue Hospital because I cut my foot while being dragged from a police car, and listening to nurses chatting about hair products as I screamed for something to stop me hallucinating.
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Helen Edmundson, because I wasn’t able to be a better friend at school.
Being friends with all of the people I grew up with.
Either shredding duck in a Chinese restaurant, or Oblivion.
Right now, terrifying.
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