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Still being married to Annabel.
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Sherlock being such a worldwide phenomenon.
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Over the last eight years I have been privileged to see 250,000 schoolkids across the world and tell them my story – a kid with dyslexia from a broken home becoming a space scientist – and inspire them to do something they dream about.
Making my mum proud.
Martin Sheen
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That I was partially responsible for bringing some extraordinary human beings into the world, and they responded to me as a loving father.
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