I cry all the time. Films can tip me over. Especially Pixar ones. I alarmed my kids when we went to see Coco – I was a mess. I cried at the Elton John gig at Glastonbury.
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Melanie Blatt
English singer
I haven’t stopped crying since Glastonbury, because I’m on a massive comedown.
Edward Fox
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I cry all the time. I like crying: it means that you’re more truly aware of a circumstance or a person or an event.
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View profile →I don’t know, because I spend like a man with three arms. I am always spending on clothes; I like to have things made.
Not doing as well as I’d hoped in dancing competitions. I was massively competitive and massively disappointed most of the time. It’s the same now.
Convincing my wife to marry me and have children with me.
I was a door-to-door carpet-cleaning salesman. I thought my life was going to end, so I binned that after a day.
As a wonderful husband and a great father, and somebody who inspired others to pursue their own dreams, like Fred Astaire inspired me.
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