Louis Theroux
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To have made a career in TV while being nervous by nature and incapable of doing a piece to camera.
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I am pretty proud of having got Aspects of Love back into the West End.
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Kathy Lette
Australian-British author
Raising two children. If you can get your kids to adulthood and they’re not voting Tory, doing drugs or collecting Nazi memorabilia, then you deserve a medal.
Omid Djalili
British stand-up comedian and actor
Still being married to Annabel.
Jason Derulo
American singer and songwriter
Deciding what and who I wanted to be early on in life.
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“Unfortunately, Michael, I don’t think you’re ever going to work in the acting profession until you’re about 40, and then it’ll only be in minor character roles.” Drama teacher at Guildford School of Acting.
Watching Long Lost Family on telly.
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Volodymyr Zelenskiy, his trajectory from performer to leading his country and then stepping up in such a magnificent way is extraordinary.
Having got Aspects of Love back into the West End.
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