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Walking with Eric Clapton’s tour manager Mick to meet Eric backstage, and when I met Eric I said, “Hi Mick.” I wanted to die.
One horrible afternoon in Chicago when I forgot my words in The Marriage of Figaro, in a role I’d sung hundreds of times.
Bumping into my male boss at a nudist beach.
At the Mighty Hoopla festival, Kimberley and Nicola from Girls Aloud joined me on stage for a Girls Aloud song. I completely forgot the words.
Actors live in a constant state of disappointment. I’ll never be happy with what I’ve done.
Not being able to breathe – I get very panicky at the thought.
Never be rigid in your thinking, be open.
I hope the happiest moment is still ahead of me.
Walking along Oxford Street on Saturday pulling a shopping trolley that my mother bought me. I remember saying, “I’m never going to use that!” and there I was, very grateful to have it in my life. She died before Christmas and I can’t ring her to tell her that she was right.
A hairdresser – I still want to be a hairdresser.
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