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What most recently made you cry?

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Ed Harris American actor and director
Couple of days ago, reading a thank-you note my parents had left after we celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in Wyoming.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 August 2007 source ↗
Cybill Shepherd American actress and former model
Yesterday: my old dog, Kim, has cancer, and I have to let him die now.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2008 source ↗
David Hasselhoff American actor, singer, and television personality
This morning, reading a memorial card I wrote for my mother.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2009 source ↗
Meg Rosoff American novelist
In August, when my middle sister called to tell me her breast cancer had spread to her spine, pelvis and bones. It turned out not to be true.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 November 2013 source ↗
Ray Winstone English actor
I cry when I'm happy, I cry when I'm sad. I cried the other night watching some family getting back together on some documentary.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 December 2013 source ↗
Stephen Dillane British actor
In the first room of the Australian art exhibition at the RA. Don't know why. Loved it.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2014 source ↗
Rory Bremner Scottish comedian
At John Fortune's funeral. They played Flanders and Swann's Slow Train ("We won't be meeting again") and my heart broke.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 March 2014 source ↗
Joely Richardson British actress
Two and a half weeks ago, when a loved one was going away. Separations never get any easier.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 July 2015 source ↗
Sadie Frost English actress, producer, film director and fashion designer
In the last year, when I realised that I didn’t want to be in the relationship that I was in.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 September 2015 source ↗
David Baddiel Comedian and writer
I cry a lot. Especially on planes. What is that about? On a plane, I’ll be in floods at The Good Dinosaur.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 May 2016 source ↗
Donny Osmond American singer, dancer, actor, television host
Last Monday was a really emotional day for me: my last son graduated from high school and he’s going on a mission for the Mormon Church soon. I’ve already experienced it four times with my other sons: my oldest went to London, my second son to Italy, my third to Scotland and my fourth the Netherlands. They come back, but the little boy stays out there. He never comes back.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 July 2016 source ↗
Ray Mears British woodsman and TV presenter
While tracking wolves in Idaho, we came across a wolf carcass. It was likely the pack had been poisoned in a deliberate act. I am a hunter, but I respect wildlife and I also respect predators.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 September 2016 source ↗
Sheryl Crow American singer-songwriter
I got very emotional yesterday with a dear friend who was telling me about his relationship falling apart.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 April 2017 source ↗
Andy Serkis English actor
23 June last year. The fact that certain people have chosen for us to come out of Europe is one of the saddest, divisive and unthought-through events in my lifetime.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 July 2017 source ↗
Gary Numan British musician
Yesterday, when Gemma, my wife, played me The End Of Suffering by Thich Nhat Hanh when we were driving into Hollywood.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2017 source ↗

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