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Not winning the Mercury.
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Stephen Graham
English actor
Liverpool losing the FA Cup final to Wimbledon when I was a kid. It made me cry.
Tom Allen
British comedian
Not understanding myself until I was in my 30s.
Bryan Cranston
American actor
That I couldn’t bridge the gap with my parents before they died. My mother died 10 years ago of Alzheimer’s, and my father died two years ago. He left when I was 11 and we got back in touch when I was 22.
Rick Astley
Singer, songwriter and radio presenter
Fame. The upside is not worth the downside – you can’t turn fame on and off, and have privacy.
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