Jessica Brown Findlay
English actress
Spending over half my life under Tory rule.
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
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When were you happiest?
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What would you like to be remembered for?
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How close have you come to death?
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
Failure & regret
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The fans’ reaction at the end of Game Of Thrones because I think it was brilliant.
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Irish actor
Relapsing. I usually spend eight, nine, 10 months sober, then I’ll spend a day relapsing and I get disappointed. But it never lasts too long. I get back up and try again.
Matthew Modine
American actor
My biggest disappointment would be living with disappointment. What a burden to be shackled to. I would be truly disappointed if I didn’t (as the song says) pick myself up, dust myself off, and start all over again.
Kellie Maloney
Retired boxing manager, promoter and politician
Not being truthful to everyone from an earlier age.
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When I was 15, I went to a rugby match at Twickenham with my dad and we went back to his friend Hugh’s house and Hugh made me a perfect cup of tea. I just remember feeling really happy because it was such a brilliant day and I loved being with my dad.
It would be lovely if people thought I was kind.
I was very ill with anorexia when I was a teenager. I went into hospital voluntarily, otherwise they were going to section me.
Recovering from anorexia.
To my husband for all the huffing and puffing.
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