Laurence Fox
English actor and activist
Not being Bond.
What has been your biggest disappointment?
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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I don't know. I was lucky; I was able to study with the people I wanted to, be friends with the people I wanted to and in the end I've been able to make a living the way I wanted to.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2008 source ↗
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The rejection that I have received from my own people.
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