Andrea Riseborough
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Being friends with all of the people I grew up with.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Staying alive, being here at this age. So many songs. It’s crazy.
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Roger Allam
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I was very proud of doing Falstaff, because it seemed to go well.
Learning to get back up.
Being a parent.
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View profile →A friend said, “If you remembered everything you did, you’d kill yourself.” He’s sort of crazy, but he’s probably right.
The fact that I’m a vampire.
That I have no patience.
When Rufus first came out, it was all white guys and myself, but then the band changed and Tony Maiden, Bobby Watson and Andre Fischer came in. This guy booked us for a gig in Illinois, based on our original album cover, and when we got there he said that there were too many black people in the band. He actually put some white guys on the stage with us.
I guess lack of patience as well.
Peace and honesty.
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