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That I am not a chorus girl in a West End musical.
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Alison Steadman
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Not making a movie with Jimmy Stewart or Cary Grant.
Not joining the circus.
Benedict Cumberbatch
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Not being a dad by the age of 32.
Olly Alexander
English singer and actor
Early in my career I got really close to being one of the kids in the Narnia movie. I remember being crushed.
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