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What most recently moved you to tears?Originally asked
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Walking along Oxford Street on Saturday pulling a shopping trolley that my mother bought me. I remember saying, “I’m never going to use that!” and there I was, very grateful to have it in my life. She died before Christmas and I can’t ring her to tell her that she was right.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 July 2023 source ↗
I often cry when people do things well, like on Britain’s Got Talent; I cried at the old ladies doing finger knitting.
When I heard the referendum result.
Oh when was the last time I didn’t?! I’m a crier. I cry. All the time.
For a film called Eliza Graves. It hasn't been released yet, but then again they might have edited that weeping sequence out.
I talk over people all the time.
A hairdresser – I still want to be a hairdresser.
Never be rigid in your thinking, be open.
Actors live in a constant state of disappointment. I’ll never be happy with what I’ve done.
Eight or nine years ago, I disgraced myself in the Japanese ambassador’s home in Dublin, at a celebration for my late mother-in-law’s book about living in Japan. Afterwards, when I had to apologise, she told me it was the worst night of her life and, because I was drunk enough not to remember the details, it will never not be the most embarrassing night of my life. People are filling in details even now – “Remember when you fell under the table during the first course?”
I hope the happiest moment is still ahead of me.
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