Bertie Carvel
British actor
I’m still working on it.
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My children obviously, but also my work.
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Daniel Mays
British actor
Bringing two kids into the world, but my interrogation scene in Line Of Duty comes a close second. It was 12 minutes long and, without question, the hardest passage of dialogue I’ve had to learn.
Paul McKenna
British hypnotist and TV personality
To have been one of the people who brought hypnotherapy to the world.
Katharine Hamnett
English fashion designer
Raising awareness of ethical and environmental issues in the clothing industry. I think I was the original whistleblower within fashion.
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I wanted to be in the army or a spy in the intelligence service.
Aggression without provocation or consequences.
Poetry. I start getting into a float state, and write stanzas and couplets in the middle of the night.
As a force for good and a champion of the underdog.
Discipline. Also to have a goal, however small and whatever it may be.
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