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The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 April 2018 source ↗
I was close to death, and I didn't rush into my spirit. I spent the time in the hospital just looking at the pipes on the ceiling. ... I failed because this was a trauma, a trauma, and I'm not reacting to it spiritually.
When I was 13, I was on a bicycle and got hit by a taxi in New York.
Last year, driving in California, I found myself on the wrong side of the road. I was 30 seconds away from hitting two cars coming the other way.
Horse riding in a steep canyon in Los Angeles. A couple of paparazzi had hidden under camouflage blankets and when a horse sees a lens, he thinks it’s the eye of a predator. My horse flipped out. When he landed, I ended up on his neck; that was pretty close.
I worked in a TGI Fridays when I was 19 and came to London for the first time. It was absolutely horrible and I got fired after two weeks.
My wife, Hannah. She’s amazing and keeps me in check. I met her 24 years ago at drama school.
Liverpool losing the FA Cup final to Wimbledon when I was a kid. It made me cry.
Warm contentment, and like nothing else exists.
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