Don Warrington
British actor
When I lived with my grandmother in Trinidad, before I came to England to live with my mother in Newcastle at the age of seven.
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When my son was born and I realised I was a mum.
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With my late wife, Siân Busby, and our boys, Max and Simon, on assorted Welsh and English beaches, in sunshine and rain – especially when there was a Punch and Judy show on the prom.
James McAvoy
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When I was 15 or 16 - I slept really well then. Now I sleep on a bed of anxiety-tipped nails.
Probably the curtain call of my final performance when I played King Lear.
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Not making a movie with Jimmy Stewart or Cary Grant.
Earning a living as an actor for 40 years.
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