David Arquette
American actor, producer, & former professional wrestler
My daughter, Coco, because divorce is so difficult.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The people I never thanked for what they selflessly gave me in my career; when I was younger I just took it for granted.
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Christopher Eccleston
English actor
To my children, because their mum and dad’s relationship failed, and I know that has caused them great sadness.
Most of the people I dated between 23 and 33. It feels crazy to me that I ever thought that I could be anyone’s girlfriend before I figured out the things I’ve now figured out.
Jason Isaacs
English actor
Anybody who met me before I was 30, because I was a drug addict, and all my relationships were experienced through that prism.
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Travelling Europe with a friend, when I was 29. She was driving and the brakes went, on one of those vertiginous Italian mountains. It was terrifying for the 20 minutes it took to coast down the mountain.
A pair of Russell & Bromley boots with studs. I have had them for eight years and wear them all the time.
When I met my husband, David, in 2006, on Dating Direct.
I cried after I won the Booker.
On a cosmetics production line. I walked out after half a day.
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