Melissa McCarthy
American actress
That I have strong, happy girls.
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That people listen to my voice when I speak.
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Stephen Dorff
American actor
My body of work and maybe the fact that I got famous young and I am still here and never ended up in a jail cell.
Emily Mortimer
British actress
I am a terrible driver, so not having killed myself or anyone else, so far.
Neil Gaiman
Author of fiction, comics and screenplays
My kids, and getting some of the stories I had in my head on to paper in a way that wasn’t too far removed from the thing I dreamed about writing.
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The prime minister.
As a broad who gave it a go.
In the car with my kids, singing Purple Rain.
Harriet Harman. I know how hard it is to do what she’s doing.
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