JW
A few years ago in Vermont, when I eloped with Trish to have a civil partnership ceremony.
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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View all 577 →Five to 10, when I was just playing out and I didn’t realise I was a girl. Before my boobs came in, basically.
Escaping an abusive teen marriage and being blessed with the opportunity to create a new life for myself and my two young children in London at the height of the swinging 60s.
Bryan Cranston
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Now is pretty damned good.
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When I landed the role in Soldier Soldier. I thought, “Oh my goodness, I’m going to be doing something that makes me happy, I’m doing it abroad and they’re going to pay me.” I was 26.
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Realising that if they were drowning, you’d try to save them.
Catastrophising.
A little girl called Pat. We were nine-year-olds together and all the class made her life a misery. I knew she wanted to be my friend and I would only be friends with her if nobody else was around. I feel dreadful about that.
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