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I am always happiest when I am making my art.
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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On stage – the Old Vic in 1981 and Glastonbury last year.
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My college years when I was 17 to 19, before the responsibilities of adulthood, just doing the things that I was good at and liked – computers, maths, further maths (I was a geek).
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