Michael Stipe
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Archaeologist, pop star, store cashier.
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A steam train driver.
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A surgeon. I studied pre-med in Holy Cross College for four years and then I went to acting school.
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I didn’t have a chance to want to be anything – I became an actor at 11.
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Successful like my two uncles, who were paper industry magnates.
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View profile →A bee in my bonnet – whether that’s a song in my head or a person I’m thinking about.
For being one of the good guys.
Ghosting, where you are mid-conversation with someone and they disappear off the face of the planet.
I bought a sports car over 20 years ago and still have it. She’s a black Z8 BMW. I love her: she’s my pride and joy.
A partner – finding her and enjoying the rest of our lives together. Hopefully it will happen one day.
Fear, anxiety and panic attacks.
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