Olivia Williams
British actress
In rehearsals. The play is very funny about mothers and daughters, but one of the gags hit a raw nerve.
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Paul Theroux
American travel writer and novelist
The death of my father in May 1995.
I cry all the time. Films can tip me over. Especially Pixar ones. I alarmed my kids when we went to see Coco – I was a mess. I cried at the Elton John gig at Glastonbury.
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Watching the Olympics.
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