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I wish I hadn’t been a heavy smoker for so many years.
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If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?Originally asked
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I wouldn’t care so much what people thought.
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British stand-up comedian and actor
I'd edit out all the wrong people I surrounded myself with socially and professionally whom I thought I had to tolerate.
I’m not thrilled with my lack of commitment to feminism in my 20s.
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Relief. (Not like that.)
A driving licence.
I went to a state school, so had to learn ancient Greek from scratch at Oxford.
A Chanel dress. I bought it with my first proper paycheck and it was ridiculously expensive. It is also hideous.
An astronaut. I still do.
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