My tendency to be inappropriate.
Rosanna Greenstreet, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 March 2009 source ↗
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?Originally asked
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My health anxiety. I am a bit of a hypochondriac. I hate that about myself and I’ve worked extensively in therapy on changing it.
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I find it difficult to sit still.
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Fear and all of its consequences.
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Losing one of my children.
Getting the job is the work. Playing the character, you’d do it for nothing. It’s fun.
Last week when I read a passage from the novel my wife is writing.
I have never been happier than I am now. As for when I was happiest in my work, playing King Arthur in Spamalot in the West End.
To never, never, never give up.
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