Loved you in Dallas.
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I’ll never amount to anything. Who? He was my rival at dance school. It hurt and is something that I’ve always had in the back of my head to defy.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2026 source ↗
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In an audition at the Royal Court, this man called out, “Were you trained?”
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 March 2025 source ↗
Glenda Jackson said I was an amateur during rehearsal for The White Devil at the Old Vic. I called her a cow, but that was inadequate.
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Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2026 source ↗
My father because I was 12 when he passed and I blamed him for everything in my parents’ marriage. Now I realise he did the best he could and was just figuring life out like everybody else.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2026 source ↗
Absolutely nothing. It’s a privilege.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2026 source ↗
My default will always be to go for the worst-case scenario and that is something that I am unlearning.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2026 source ↗
As someone who cared boldly about people, stood firmly for what he believed in and lifted others when they needed help.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2026 source ↗
In South Africa I washed cars, I danced in parking lots and shopping malls, and was a children’s entertainer.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2026 source ↗
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