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Selfishness and cruelty.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 July 2024 source ↗
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What trait do you most dislike in other people?Originally asked
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View all 193 →Jealousy. It’s the thief of joy.
People-pleasing.
The inability to listen.
Caring too much about what others think.
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View profile →A Rolls-Royce. I met my wife, Jackie, when I was filming a Lynda La Plante drama called The Governor. I fell in love with her instantly and I was bullshitting that I had a Rolls-Royce. When I finished filming, she decided to leave her country and come and live with me in London. On the way to the airport, I phoned my PA and said, “Go and buy a Rolls-Royce.”
To my parents for all the mess-ups. There have been times when I’ve been going through something and I’ve thought, God, I’m so glad my mum and dad are dead, because they don’t have to go through it with me.
Losing my marbles.
Filming a TV show in a field in the snow in February in the Dublin hills for 14 hours; the director said, “We’re not going to get that shot today.”
Love makes me feel sick. I get sick with worry about my kids. It keeps me up at night.
I was born in 1964, in the most working-class area of Liverpool, so the N-word was bandied around a lot.
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