Over a YouTube clip about animals. "Laboratory animals see sunlight for the first time", or "elephant mourns his best friend the goat". I watch something like that every day and I'm always in pieces.
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When I broke my toe.
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James Norton
English actor
On a plane, watching a movie.
David Harewood
British actor and presenter
After my documentary aired. I suddenly had a bit of panic, because it’s very personal. I couldn’t watch it on the night, I was so scared. The next day people were walking up to me on the street and telling me their life story. It was extraordinary.
June Brown
English actress and author
I have wet eyes sometimes, but I cried all my tears in my youth.
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