Bobby Gillespie
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When Maradona died, I cried for three days.
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On a plane, watching a movie.
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Ronald Harwood
South African playwright and novelist
This morning. Thinking of my wife.
We’re not really allowed to cry where I’m from. I can only cry in summer, at the height of hay fever.
Joanna Scanlan
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The plastics episode of Blue Planet.
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Finding something that I love doing and getting paid for it.
I have a habit of sabotaging the moment in pursuit of perfection.
A Rose Wylie painting.
I worked in the customer services department of a mobile phone gambling company and it was very depressing, because the people calling up were usually not happy.
Rats. We had one swim up our loo recently, it was horrific.
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