My lack of foreign language skills.
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Self-doubt and a reoccurring fear that people would prefer the other Alfred Molina.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2024 source ↗
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Self-destruction.
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I’m rabidly indiscreet. If you tell me an embarrassing story, it will probably end up in one of my scripts or standup routines.
I never let it go.
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Cruelty and not treating others as equals.
My first payday as a professional actor, knowing this was the beginning of the rest of my life, and the day my daughter told me I wasn’t the worst dad in the world.
Dying alone and in pain.
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