Jason Isaacs
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I wouldn’t have spent so much time trying to be a professional skateboarder or snooker player.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
What I studied at college – A-level economics.
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Tim Rice
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I would definitely change the way one or two relationships ended.
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My password. [In 2014, Brown Findlay’s iCloud account was hacked.]
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I wouldn’t change anything. Life is what it is, you just have to get on with it.
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