Ronald Harwood
South African playwright and novelist
This morning. Thinking of my wife.
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Ben Kingsley
English actor
For a film called Eliza Graves. It hasn't been released yet, but then again they might have edited that weeping sequence out.
I cry all the time. It’s embarrassing. I mostly cry when my children perform something at school. My wife regularly says, “Do you see any other fathers weeping?” But I can’t stop myself.
Bryan Adams
Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
When I see videos of animal cruelty.
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David Hockney, because he’s so experimental and creative. He continually reinvents himself in a really delightful way.
I had no idea whatsoever, and nor did anyone else. I thought I’d go to art school and see whether I liked it – and of course I did, and stayed.
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