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Missing a cue on stage. I had to come on and move a piece of furniture with another actor and I completely forgot. I looked at the monitor and said, “Why is he standing on his own?” And somebody said, “Aren’t you meant to help him?”
One of the first TV appearances that our band made in America, on the Craig Ferguson show. I forgot the lyrics to Little Lion Man and then broke two strings.
I once did a record store signing in LA, which I had no business doing. No one was there – just staff. They were getting ready to close the shop and sweeping up.
Holding the hand of some random lady at an airport who I mistook for my wife, Shara.
Last night, getting ready for a scene.
It is obsessive, it is glorious, it is everything that we’re put on this Earth to feel, all at once.
Insecurity around money. I have this profound insecurity about not having enough to provide for my family.
My wife, because of the lessons we’ve learned and what we have overcome over the course of our time together.
Being absent from my son’s life when I’m at work.
After a significant traumatic experience when I was looking for reasons to stay alive.
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