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After the initial travel ban debacle, I wept with joy at all the good people who came out against this fascistic edict.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 March 2017 source ↗
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Jonnie Peacock
British athlete
I welled up a little when I was voted off Strictly.
I cry all the time in front of the telly. I was doing Gogglebox with Julian Clary recently and I cried watching The Piano.
Bryan Cranston
American actor
When I think of my mother. After my father left, she became an alcoholic and wallowed in resentment.
Last week, because of an ear infection: I cried my eyes out when they put a big injection into my arse.
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View profile →That would have to be a film called Pickup On 101. It was a very interesting story, about a wandering musician and an old guy on his way back to his home town to spend his last days, but they made it into a pile of dishonest trash.
That I was partially responsible for bringing some extraordinary human beings into the world, and they responded to me as a loving father.
Making Apocalypse Now. I had a close call with a heart ailment due to anxiety, fear and physical abuse: I was not taking care of myself.
1 May 1981 in Paris, because that’s the day I was reconverted to Catholicism.
My son Ramón was the victim of my wrath at a particular time that still withers me with disgrace.
Golfer, priest, police officer, teacher and, after going to the movies, actor.
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