Sadie Frost
English actress, producer, film director and fashion designer
In the last year, when I realised that I didn’t want to be in the relationship that I was in.
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
Death & what remains
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What did you want to be when you were growing up?
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
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Two days ago, at a family wedding, remembering Richard, my cousin. He was 11 months younger than me and we were brought up like brother and sister for the first four years of our lives. He died of a brain tumour when he was 55.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 September 2018 source ↗
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Joan Collins
English actress and writer
Watching dying babies on TV.
Heidi Klum
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Three days ago, when my makeup artist poked me in the eye.
Kate Mosse
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Last night, watching Grey’s Anatomy.
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Not applying myself enough at school.
The Queen. Her like has not been seen before and I doubt it will ever be again.
One of my favourite songs is Being Alive, from Company by Stephen Sondheim, but it would hardly be appropriate.
A ballet dancer, but it changed to being an actress when I got put in a school play.
I spent the earlier part of my life being late for everything, so there was a joke that my tombstone would read The Very Late Patricia Hodge.
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