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The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 June 2022 source ↗
That my first play, Red Velvet, took so many years to be done. It took me seven years to write and then five years to get to the stage.
In elementary school: I opened my lunchbox and it was empty. I was devastated.
When I left drama school, I thought I was going to work at the Royal Court and tell stories about political injustice. I got cast in ITV murder mysteries.
When a relationship I’ve been invested in stops working. And yet, here I am, happy as you like.
My dog wanting to go out for a wee.
Sharper knives.
I have become progressively happier as I’ve got older. It’s to do with not striving as much.
Lack of self-doubt.
People laughing at me, which is terrible for someone who makes a living out of making people laugh.
I’d like a manoeuvre called after me, in the way Heimlich has.
David Jason, Liev Schreiber, Rory Kinnear, Samuel L Jackson, Julie Andrews, Peter Capaldi
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