I didn’t email my grandfather enough before he passed away.
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I didn’t email my grandfather enough before he passed away.
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That I couldn’t bridge the gap with my parents before they died. My mother died 10 years ago of Alzheimer’s, and my father died two years ago. He left when I was 11 and we got back in touch when I was 22.
Not being a professional footballer.
When Justin Bieber's management kicked us out of his rehearsal because they were afraid we'd laugh at him. I was actually super-excited.
Relapsing. I usually spend eight, nine, 10 months sober, then I’ll spend a day relapsing and I get disappointed. But it never lasts too long. I get back up and try again.
Dolly Parton. I love how she does what she wants, and lives how she wants, keeping her life so private. Also, she helped fund Covid vaccine research.
If emergency train announcements were written up on the information screen. The times I ended up at the wrong destination could easily have been avoided.
Rapping the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme on national television.
That my work has given deaf children more confidence in themselves and a sense of ownership of who they are.
My dad’s family, for fake drowning when I was 12 on holiday in France – it caused such embarrassment that we had to leave. All because I wanted to get the inflatable ring off my brother. It still haunts me. I guess acting was always going to be my future.
“I’ll tell you later.” They never do.
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