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That I was partially responsible for bringing some extraordinary human beings into the world, and they responded to me as a loving father.
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Zoe Ball
British TV and radio personality
Being mum to my awesome children, Woody and Nelly. They make my day, every day. I do joke with them that I’m happy to pay for the therapy they’ll inevitably need in later years due to my terrible parenting.
Chiwetel Ejiofor
English actor
Still to come, I think.
Eddie Izzard
British comedian and actress
The double marathon on the last day of my 27 marathons in 27 days.
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View profile →1 May 1981 in Paris, because that’s the day I was reconverted to Catholicism.
My son Ramón was the victim of my wrath at a particular time that still withers me with disgrace.
That would have to be a film called Pickup On 101. It was a very interesting story, about a wandering musician and an old guy on his way back to his home town to spend his last days, but they made it into a pile of dishonest trash.
Making Apocalypse Now. I had a close call with a heart ailment due to anxiety, fear and physical abuse: I was not taking care of myself.
My wife Janet: she is the most scrupulously honest human being I have ever encountered.
Shares in The Way, which turned out to be the best movie I have done. Written and directed by my son Emilio, it’s a father-son story about the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage.
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