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My parents. We didn’t realise how absolutely desperate they were when we left Germany, because my father couldn’t earn anything. A letter turned up fairly recently in which he said, “We’ve been through a terrible time because Julia [my mother] never stopped talking about suicide and not just for herself, but to take the children with her.”
There have been moments when I’d want to say sorry to both my parents for some of the stuff I’ve done.
Myself. I have never been harder on anyone else.
My father, with whom I had a complex relationship: often, when I was young, his desire to protect me clashed with the stubbornness of my choices.
Their inability to deal with my disorganisation.
My children ending up anything like me.
My wife when I tried out some new material on her, said: “I’m sure the people who like you would like that.”
The arcade game, Guitar Hero. I’ve got the full unit in my house. It’s so sad.
A comedian or rapper. You can tell by the way I’m dressed that I’m a frustrated rapper.
I was once walking through Edinburgh with someone in the industry. I was quite drunk and I slowly wet myself.
Jason Isaacs, James Norton, Julia Ormond, Rose McGowan, Andrea Riseborough, Ice-T
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