Adrian Dunbar
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My first year of drama school: a sense of freedom, doing something I wanted to do and being with lovely people.
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Probably last night, when I went into my sons’ bedroom and kissed them on their smelly heads.
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Aidan Gillen
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I won a local art competition aged 10 – the first time I’d won anything.
Sofie Gråbøl
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Most recently, going to a 1D concert at Wembley with my nine-year-old daughter. Seeing her dream becoming real. The highlight was meeting a nice man in the elevator when it was over, who gave her Harry's autograph. Turned out to be his dad. To my daughter that was like meeting the archangel Gabriel.
Picnicking on the Downs with my family and dog – birds singing, sea sparkling, and mobile switched very firmly off.
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Margaret Atwood: she’s an empathic human being who writes books that help me be a better person.
My marriage and my sobriety. The sobriety makes the marriage possible.
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