Rachel Whiteread
English artist
Losing my parents when they were relatively young. My dad was 59 and my mum died at 72, 14 years ago.
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Plenty of matches got away, but there’s nothing I can do about it, so why worry?
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Harriet Walter
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When I got to 40 and realised I hadn’t read all the books I needed to read to understand the world.
Susan Calman
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That I’m still having the same discussions about women in comedy as I was having 12 years ago. Are we funny? Will anyone watch us? Can I have my own sitcom?
Tom Ellis
Welsh actor
Every job I don’t get.
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As a guy who had fun.
I am not thinking about dying yet.
People who have done really well in their sports: in tennis, Steffi Graf; in ice hockey, Wayne Gretzky.
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