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Becoming an actor at all, considering my background.
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Kathy Lette
Australian-British author
Raising two children. If you can get your kids to adulthood and they’re not voting Tory, doing drugs or collecting Nazi memorabilia, then you deserve a medal.
Jenna Coleman
English actress
That I’ve kept all my friendships with my school friends.
Daniel Mays
British actor
Bringing two kids into the world, but my interrogation scene in Line Of Duty comes a close second. It was 12 minutes long and, without question, the hardest passage of dialogue I’ve had to learn.
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