Real love feels like freedom.
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Like safety, that you've got everything covered; no stress, no fear.
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Selfishness and cruelty.
I was born in 1964, in the most working-class area of Liverpool, so the N-word was bandied around a lot.
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Losing my marbles.
A Rolls-Royce. I met my wife, Jackie, when I was filming a Lynda La Plante drama called The Governor. I fell in love with her instantly and I was bullshitting that I had a Rolls-Royce. When I finished filming, she decided to leave her country and come and live with me in London. On the way to the airport, I phoned my PA and said, “Go and buy a Rolls-Royce.”
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