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I haven’t stopped crying since Glastonbury, because I’m on a massive comedown.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2023 source ↗
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Charles Dance
British actor
Frequently, especially now with what’s happening in the Middle East.
Tom Ellis
Welsh actor
A couple of days ago, saying goodbye to my children.
Donny Osmond
American singer, dancer, actor, television host
Last Monday was a really emotional day for me: my last son graduated from high school and he’s going on a mission for the Mormon Church soon. I’ve already experienced it four times with my other sons: my oldest went to London, my second son to Italy, my third to Scotland and my fourth the Netherlands. They come back, but the little boy stays out there. He never comes back.
Courtney Pine
British jazz musician
When my new-born daughter Cleopatra died and I wasn’t there. I was doing a US tour and I remember sitting down in an airport and losing it.
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I would put the brain that I have now into my 20-year-old body.
Horrible gigs at the beginning, when no one’s interested.
“Your career will be over if you have the baby.”To whom would you most like to say sorry, and why? My parents, for my teenage years. I tried to run away when I was 15. We lived in a fishing village in France and, with my boyfriend, I headed to Spain to sell arts and crafts on the beach. Mum came and took me home.
Just being remembered at all would be great.
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