Filming Penny Dreadful for five months in the Republic of Ireland, sublime land of faeries and spontaneous song.
When were you happiest?
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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When I first got sober, in 1990.
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Stephen Merchant
English comedian and actor
Watching Bruce Springsteen at Glastonbury. During Because The Night I actually shouted, "This is the greatest moment of my life!"
Weirdly enough, in Portugal during confinement.
Joss Whedon
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Filming Much Ado About Nothing. In my home, with my family and my besties and the bard all around. Pure joy.
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