Sofia Coppola
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An Elizabeth Peyton painting.
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I had a midlife crisis and paid 70 grand for a Morgan AeroMax which looked just like Cruella de Vil’s car. I was in a permanent state of terror and soon sold it.
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Meera Syal
British writer and actress
Holidays. For years, I would book a big house in Britain for a week for the entire family. There would be 14 of us. I don’t regret a penny.
Harriet Walter
English actress
I spent £600 on Rudolf Nureyev’s ballet shoes after he died. He was the biggest idol in my life and influenced me hugely.
A painting by Renoir, paid for by demanding a huge fee for a screenwriting deal with a producer I didn’t want to work for. The movie was never made.
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View profile →When I hit 30 and managed to get a council flat in London. It was in the most terrible state, but it was bliss to have a flat of my own.
To work in a dry cleaner’s.
Too many of my friends, family and peers dying.
When I watched a series called Pose. The hospital scenes took me right back to when we were going through the Aids years. It’s the same with It’s a Sin.
I had a bad heart attack 20 years ago: I think I slid off the mortal coil for about 30 seconds.
I don’t care, because I won’t be here.
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