My first payday as a professional actor, knowing this was the beginning of the rest of my life, and the day my daughter told me I wasn’t the worst dad in the world.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Yesterday: sun-lounger, back garden, cup of tea, radio on.
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I hope that time hasn't come yet.
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