I haven’t done it yet.
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Michelle Dockery
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My friendships.
Joanna Scanlan
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Having someone to love.
Warwick Davis
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Still being an actor after 36 years.
Bryn Terfel
Welsh bass-baritone singer
I loved my 1 minute 40 seconds singing at the coronation of King Charles. I was the most nervous I’ve been.
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Sometimes when I’m on a plane, as I often am, the weather is rough and we’re worried about going down. I think: If I hold the hand of the person next to me, I’ll be holding everyone’s hand. Like my dear friend, the late Wilma Mankiller, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, I want to know: I’m going to the other side of the mountain.
As someone who left the world around me a little kinder and less hierarchical.
Dying just a millisecond before I was about to say something I really wanted the people I love to hear.
I’ve had cancer three times, but never felt close to death except when I walked between parked cars on my street and a car sped past my nose.
I behaved badly with two old lovers. Years later, when I took one to lunch to apologise, it made it worse.
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