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The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 January 2013 source ↗
The morning after the opening of Hamlet in New York in 2000. The reviews were good and I actually punched the air – a very un-Simon Russell Beale thing to do.
In 1971, I was sitting in a hotel room in London and there was a television chat show going on, debating whether Donny Osmond should be deported because of the chaos he was wreaking. And while I was watching this, there were fans on the street below, chanting my name. I was 13 and thought, “Does it get any better than this?”
When I was climbing I was absolutely happy. I can use a climbing wall, but that’s not the same as real climbing.
Last night, having dinner with my husband, John, my son, Jonathan, and his girlfriend, Maude.
Do You Hear The People Sing? from Les Mis.
Tracey Ullman, Michael Palin, David Hasselhoff, Sofia Helin, Vicky McClure, Shirley Ballas
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