Julia Ormond
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A trip to a Macedonian refugee camp that I switched out of, to go at a later date. Those who took my place were killed in a horrific car accident.
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I had a car crash not long after passing my test, driving mates to a club on a Saturday night. Thankfully, everyone was OK – as was my dad about his car, which was a write-off.
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Joseph Fiennes
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Climbing in Tibet, surfing in Australia and a moment ago by a courgette cutter as I dithered over one of these questions.
When interviewing Idi Amin of Uganda in 1975, he shouted: “We have ways of dealing with people like you.”
When I got hit by a car in my home town.
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Something that you can’t describe or put in a box. It changes daily and surprises you when you least expect.
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When I was a kid I was a chambermaid in my family’s hotel, and I once found a strap-on that someone had left behind.
Not having my own chatshow. Yet!
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