Jenna Coleman
English actress
I cry when I am overtired.
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
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I cry all the time. I like crying: it means that you’re more truly aware of a circumstance or a person or an event.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 April 2017 source ↗
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Erin O'Connor
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When I broke my toe.
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Yesterday, because grief creeps up on you.
Rita Ora
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Getting an honorary ambassadorship from the president of Kosovo in July.
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View profile →Probably a suit. If you buy a good suit, it lasts beyond your lifetime.
Aside from family life, which is the ultimate happiness, when I see or hear a great artist.
If you have a nice drink before going to bed, you don’t stay awake at night. I like almost anything in a bottle.
I feel lucky to have been in this business for as long as I have. When I think of the intake that I was with at Rada, only one other person is still an actor, an old fellow called Bill Gaunt.
The years between 13 and 17, which I think are very formative, and the rather arid public school upbringing I had at Harrow.
To be able to play the piano like Artur Schnabel.
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