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The film of Restoration. A beautiful cast. An award-winning designer. A massive budget. A dog’s dinner.
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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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Olivia Colman
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As a child, I thought, "Once I am a grown-up, there will be no more fear, no more worries", and it turns out that's not true.
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Not playing first-class cricket.
My local Tesco stopping stocking Häagen-Dazs Peanut Butter Crunch.
Adeel Akhtar
British actor
After I got arrested, my dad, a lawyer, took me to a QC to try to build a case against the FBI. The dejection on his face when it became obvious that we couldn’t was disappointing.
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Meryl Streep. For all her truthful and perfected offerings that have taken me to an “elsewhere”, in which my mind could feel both soothed and stimulated.
Talking in cliches. We have the most economic, resonant and versatile language in the world, yet so many people use it in a dull and boring way.
The only drink I really, really like is champagne.
Like coming home.
We live in a fearful age: Brexit, Covid, global warming, cancel culture, war in Ukraine. Add in pancreatic cancer and you find me in an advanced and complex state of anxiety.
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