Ray Winstone
English actor
I cry when I'm happy, I cry when I'm sad. I cried the other night watching some family getting back together on some documentary.
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During lockdown, I found out I wasn’t pregnant any more.
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Julie Andrews
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Working on my memoir because some memories were painful to revisit.
David Baddiel
Comedian and writer
I cry a lot. Especially on planes. What is that about? On a plane, I’ll be in floods at The Good Dinosaur.
Last week, because of an ear infection: I cried my eyes out when they put a big injection into my arse.
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View profile →My nan. She lost her husband at the end of 2019 and over the past year she’s been in isolation, but every single week when we speak, she’s full of hope.
The thought of infinity.
A ballet dancer. I danced from age two to 19. Giving up was not a choice; I had complications in an ankle operation.
I used to do silver service waitressing at parties and events. The job was great, but there was constant harassment and groping from older men, and I hadn’t found my voice yet. It’s terrifying when you are young and you need a job.
My password. [In 2014, Brown Findlay’s iCloud account was hacked.]
My wedding day last year. It was supposed to be 4 April and, in the end, it was 12 September.
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