Not getting into drama school when I was 17. In those days, the first thing people said was, “Where did you train?”
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Spending over half my life under Tory rule.
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My complete ineptitude at sport.
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A ballet dancer. I danced from age two to 19. Giving up was not a choice; I had complications in an ankle operation.
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