Dominic Cooper
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To Ms Dooley, for failing my maths GCSE several times over.
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As a teenager I told my father, “You led us into the camp like sheep to slaughter.” I knew I had hurt him, this man that I loved so much. That’s haunted me all my life.
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Adjoa Andoh
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My dad’s parents in Ghana, for not spending more time with them.
Mo Gilligan
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Some of my old teachers for disrupting lessons. I was the class clown.
Christopher Eccleston
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To my children, because their mum and dad’s relationship failed, and I know that has caused them great sadness.
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After the war, when I was about nine, we were held up in our home. The robbers grabbed my father and had a gun at his throat. It was terrifying. My mother got a wad of money and gave it to the people, and they ran away.
As someone who loved the ideals of American democracy and made my small contribution to it.
Barbra Streisand’s Evergreen from A Star Is Born or You’ll Never Walk Alone from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel.
I don’t know about perfect, but a creamy scoop of green-tea ice cream comes fairly close.
When Brad and I got married. We had to struggle for it. It involved a nationwide speaking tour, lobbying Congress and campaigning intensely. We were the first couple to get our marriage licence in West Hollywood.
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