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Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?

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Back in the day, when comedy was crueller, my monologues were full of terrible jokes about people, and you can’t apologise because then you’re asking people to forgive you. Your punishment is to walk around knowing you said these horrible things.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 April 2026 source ↗
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.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 November 2020 source ↗

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