The floral waistcoat and shocking-pink shirt combo I wore on my 21st.
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Beverley Knight
Singer and stage actor
Some of the neuroses of my 20s. I knew I had a great talent, but I thought it was unmarketable because I felt ugly.
Alison Moyet
English singer
I’d have made more of my education.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy
British journalist
I’d have been there on the spot for every major news story I’ve talked about in the studio, at the time it happened.
Steve Pemberton
British actor and comedian
Nothing – haven’t you heard of the butterfly effect? I could find myself still collecting glasses in Charnock Richard while Donald Sutherland would be enjoying my life.
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Cleaning around the feet of John Malkovich with industrial carpet cleaner while he was trying to learn lines in the foyer of a theatre.
Pyramid Song, by Radiohead, live.
Teachers at my school, for being such a smartarse.
Foxes making love: it’s a very unsettling sound.
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