Dan Stevens
English actor
Jobs that I saw on television, until I realised they were all played by actors – then I wanted to be an actor.
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
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A trade union official.
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An astronaut. I still do.
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Kyoto, when Tony Blair gave me the opportunity to start the first legislative framework for climate change.
My mother, because I didn’t appreciate how proud she was of me being deputy prime minister. She ended up doing more press than me, and I was too sensitive and reacted.
As an aggressive bugger.
Perfume for the wife, and the Jaguars. They were always secondhand. I have had every kind except the E-Type.
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