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Vanity Fair, 7 February 2005 source ↗
Thirty-odd years ago I bought a black pinstripe suit which I thought was £900. But when I went to pay that was just the jacket – the trousers and waistcoat were extra. I didn’t have the balls to put anything back. I dread to think how much it cost me in the end.
My cello. At the time, in 1983, it was £192,500.
My wedding. It was at Skibo Castle long before Madonna or any of those people went there.
Holidays. In the Spice Girls, we found ourselves with quite a few quid, so it was lovely to hire a big house in the Caribbean and have friends and family over.
Doing cryptic crosswords or, equally, reading tales of mystery and imagination.
Nelson Mandela.
The deception and exploitation of the naïve and defenseless.
In their company, each of us doing his/her own thing in perfect harmony.
The loss of physical, financial, and psychological independence.
Thrust into my profession without any training whatsoever, I had to just flounder and just find my way. It was an agonizing experience. It’s like jumping off a diving board in the Olympic contest without knowing how to swim or dive, and I just had to find my way. So one day, I said to Jimmy Cagney, “Jimmy, what is acting?” and he said, “I don’t know.” He said, “All I can tell you is whatever you say, mean it,” and I thought that marvelous counsel.
David Harewood, Josette Simon, Julie Hesmondhalgh, du Beke, Mathew Horne, Ruth Jones
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