Jenna Coleman
English actress
Anybody who’s written to me and not heard back yet.
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Which book are you ashamed not to have read?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
Failure & regret
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So many. I have been very cowardly in the past, and it came across as me not caring, when the opposite was true.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 December 2023 source ↗
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Tracy-Ann Oberman
Actor and writer
To my grandma Faye, because I didn’t realise, when I was growing up, what an icon she was. She fought at Cable Street, and worked her arse off to get the family out of the tenements. She had a lot of wisdom to impart.
James Bay
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
My girlfriend. I am away a lot and, as much as she understands, I’d like to say sorry for not being there.
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Actor and playwright
To anyone I’ve hurt unintentionally.
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View profile →I feel no shame about not reading a book. That’s silly.
Appearing angry when I’m not angry.
On stage. Always on stage. God that’s depressing, isn’t it?
Being loved by my family and friends despite my personality.
Politics. And casting directors.
“Sorry, I don’t mean to insult you, but did you know you look a bit like that actress Siobhán McSweeney?”
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