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The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 February 2024 source ↗
I thought that I had lost for a reason, and I thought that I was a little unseasoned and immature, and I had — the way I made decisions my first term, I got a lot done, but I was better at doing what I wanted to do than listening to other people about what they thought I should be doing or how they thought I ought to be doing it.
Sometimes I follow my instincts more than my reason.
Intermittent laziness.
I don’t give myself that much thought.
Every woman I dated before I met my wife, because I think I convinced too many people that they were the one, and they were not the one.
The Middle East crisis.
I was doing The Seagull with Carey Mulligan and Kristin Scott Thomas on Broadway. I walked out on stage and looked at Carey and said: “I’ve no idea what to say.” It was pretty deep into the run and it took me by surprise.
Losing my mind.
To tell the truth.
Nurturing, musical, uncompromising.
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Jason Sudeikis, Rory Stewart, Romesh Ranganathan, Laverne Cox, Walton Goggins
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