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When I was about 15, I auditioned to play Alice In Wonderland on Broadway, and they cast someone else. I never got over it.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2017 source ↗
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Laurence Fox
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Not being Bond.
Rachel Whiteread
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Losing my parents when they were relatively young. My dad was 59 and my mum died at 72, 14 years ago.
Rory Kinnear
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Finding cucumber in things is a continual disappointment.
I was very sorry to stop at two children – I would have liked to have had a third – and I am very sorry to have got divorced.
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Everybody, now and before, who was fleeing for their lives and wasn’t allowed into our country.
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My children, and my sanity. For a child actor, I think it’s noteworthy.
I Happen To Like New York: I tell people all the time, so they will be sure not to forget.
When I was 13, I was on a bicycle and got hit by a taxi in New York.
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