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I always relate love to happiness.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 November 2021 source ↗
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All-embracing: when you find it, you don’t want to let it go.
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Like being three and dancing, giddy with joy.
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Material. I wake up in the middle of the night and write jokes.
Some of my old teachers for disrupting lessons. I was the class clown.
Getting a house. I didn’t think that was a possibility for me. I’ve been able to do amazing things – Netflix, tours, winning a Bafta – but having something you own is hard, so that’s really up there.
Handing out leaflets for a dry cleaner’s, because no one wanted them and, if people did take them, they just threw them on the floor.
I don’t think I would change anything because it might not have got me here.
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