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I was not great with my mother-in-law, who was a very gentle woman. I thought she would be an uninvited part of my life for ever, but she died early and I wished I had been more open and patient.
To my children, because their mum and dad’s relationship failed, and I know that has caused them great sadness.
If I have upset someone, I have said sorry to him or her at the time.
I didn’t learn to be intimate with people until I was in my 20s, so I was a very bad friend in my teens. There was a girl I was best friends with at college; I always used to kiss the boys she liked. I’d like to apologise to her.
When my son was born and I realised I was a mum.
I repeat stories (like my mum used to).
When I read about the abuse of Baby P.
Playing a pregnant woman, and not being able to find the padding - I shoved a cardie under my dress, and spent the whole play walking around with a sleeve dragging along the floor.
The Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana.
Lack of understanding and tolerance.
Ed Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Ralph Ineson, Martin Sheen, Christopher Eccleston, Eddie Izzard
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