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To anyone I’ve hurt unintentionally.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 October 2018 source ↗
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My first girlfriend when I left drama school. I was a bit of tart.
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To my younger self for not being patient with myself, and for giving up on myself at times.
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Lee Warburton. He had just left drama school and was doing the Alexander technique in the Corrie green room. I hadn’t been to drama school, and really took the piss out of him.
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A family holiday – anywhere the kids demand. Last year, I wanted us all to go to Egypt and my daughter said, “No, we’re going to go to Grenada.” So we did.
As someone who cared about others.
Any song by Donny Hathaway.
Doing the bins while working for McDonald’s in west Ealing.
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