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What most recently moved you to tears?

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Nigel Havers
I cry all the time in front of the telly. I was doing Gogglebox with Julian Clary recently and I cried watching The Piano.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 August 2026 source ↗
Sofia Coppola American filmmaker and actress
Two weeks before shooting – after some of our financing dropped out – when the producers said I had to cut a week’s worth of scenes out of my script. I was on location and away from my daughters [currently in middle and high school] who I felt were needing a mother.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 March 2023 source ↗

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