Whenever I finish good work.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 October 2024 source ↗
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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Brenda Blethyn
British actress
I hope that time hasn't come yet.
Patricia Hodge
English actress
In the minutes, hours, days and weeks after having my children. I was 42 and 45. There’s nothing like new life.
John Malkovich
Actor
Probably when our children were small, which is not to say I am unhappy now.
Alexander Armstrong
English actor, comedian, broadcaster and singer
Now. Although I am on tour and I will be deliriously happy when that finishes, because I'll be back home.
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View profile →Spend your time on something meaningful. Not on parties, and not on taking it easy. That’s not good enough. […] When you’re young, you think: Let’s party, do drugs, drink, waste it all, right? But as you get older, you look at what you’ve accomplished. And when you get old, you’ve run out of time. You have to ask yourself: Why am I here? Can I contribute anything to humanity, to society, my work?
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Long hair, big nose, large ass.
Eternal happiness.
A cashmere shawl.
That performance art has become a part of mainstream art.
Last year when I had a pulmonary embolism – it was a very scary time.
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