Harry Redknapp
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To any of the players I may have fallen out with during my time in management.
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Sorry, I’m British and middle class, so I’ve already apologised to virtually everybody I have ever met.
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Louis Theroux
British and American journalist and author
To everyone who has been out with me and had to deal with my lack of emotional maturity.
Rhys Ifans
Welsh actor and musician
To anyone I’ve unintentionally hurt or upset.
Julian Clary
English actor, comedian, novelist and presenter
I’ve made some terrible remarks about people over the years in the interests of light entertainment, and I regret them all.
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The next morning. It rarely turns out as bad as I think it’s going to be.
An actor. Then I grew out of that and became one by default. Or sort of one: “Not really an actor”, said Michael Billington.
I’ll be at my happiest today, and probably my gloomiest at some point today, too.
Adolescent love feels like exquisite self-indulgence. Long-term love feels like a warm bath that needs a trickle of extra hot water every now and then.
No songs, please. Don’t make a fuss.
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