Jason Isaacs
English actor
That way madness lies.
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
Daily life
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Work-wise, joining the National Theatre when I was 21.
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Ashley Jensen
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That my son is kind and he loves David Bowie.
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In 1999, the British Library auctioned off some of its newspaper holdings. My wife and I formed a non-profit and saved more than 20 tons of these irreplaceable bound newspapers, including the last intact run of Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World.
Joanna Scanlan
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Having someone to love.
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Last night, having dinner with my husband, John, my son, Jonathan, and his girlfriend, Maude.
A £400 Zandra Rhodes dress for the royal premiere of The Railway Children. More recently, a Wurlitzer jukebox for my husband’s birthday.
As a good friend.
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Finding a cure for cystic fibrosis – it would change the life of my niece.
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