Not being chosen as the next Bond.
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Rupert Graves
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I started playing football too old.
Adrian Edmondson
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Not doing Top Of The Pops when The Young Ones’ single went to number one.
Harry Redknapp
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That my mum and dad didn’t move to live by the sea, where we live, before they died.
Imelda Staunton
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Not working at the Royal Court until now.
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My parents, for not pursuing an academic career.
Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads. When I first heard it at 15, it was different to all the punk I was listening to. When I was starting out in my career, it was all about: ‘How is this possible? How am I doing this?’ Now it’s: ‘Is this my life? How did I get here?’ The lyrics are all about returning full to nature. That’s how I imagine death to be. So that’s what I want at my funeral. And they’ll play Combine Harvester by the Wurzels as people are leaving the church.
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