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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I believe happiness is in the moment, so now.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 March 2013 source ↗
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The day of my civil partnership.
Last year, during four days in January, when I directed Rhoda, my second short film, in a tiny house in Camberwell with Juliet Stevenson and Emma D’Arcy.
Watching my sons ski down a mountain for the first time.
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View profile →My dad, because he is full of integrity and good humour; and my grandad, because he's full of the same.
I don't want to think that far ahead, but a song I like is Herb Alpert's This Guy's In Love With You. Let's pretend it's going to be played at my wedding instead.
More clarity, or if I went to the gym more.
I got injured when I was a kid and it prevented me from becoming a footballer. Now I am quite happy being an actor but, at the time, that was the biggest thing to overcome.
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