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Abseiling down a cliff for Doc Martin in a suit, carrying a medical bag.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 September 2018 source ↗
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How close have you come to dying?Originally asked
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Madhur Jaffrey
Actress, cook, and TV host
It’s nearly happened twice, each time after an operation.
Stephen Graham
English actor
I was knocked over by a taxi in Liverpool when I was seven. And I fell off the seventh storey of a car park when I was 10 and broke both legs, my collarbone and my arm.
When I was drinking, there were many times when I was out for the night and didn’t come back for a week.
Kim Gordon
American musician and artist
When I was little, I took a bunch of pills out of the cabinet because I was bored, when I was supposed to be taking a nap. I had to have my stomach pumped.
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A kitchen porter at some big telecom office in Wimbledon. I was also a kitchen porter at L’Escargot and, while I was there, a model for Gilbert and George. It was a quick £15 and they were terribly nice.
I often cry when people do things well, like on Britain’s Got Talent; I cried at the old ladies doing finger knitting.
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