Julia Ormond
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To Sophie, for not being a better parent.
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
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Everybody, now and before, who was fleeing for their lives and wasn’t allowed into our country.
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Michelle Dockery
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A teacher at my secondary school. We used to write and sing songs about him. Sorry, Sir! You were a great teacher.
Louis Theroux
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To everyone who has been out with me and had to deal with my lack of emotional maturity.
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As a citizen, a person involved in my community.
Now. I feel wiser and calmer than I’ve ever been.
When I was about 15, I auditioned to play Alice In Wonderland on Broadway, and they cast someone else. I never got over it.
I Happen To Like New York: I tell people all the time, so they will be sure not to forget.
When I was 13, I was on a bicycle and got hit by a taxi in New York.
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