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Shares in The Way, which turned out to be the best movie I have done. Written and directed by my son Emilio, it’s a father-son story about the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage.
Some material things make my life more enjoyable; many, however, would not. I like having an expensive private plane, but owning a half-dozen homes would be a burden. Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner.
A fast Golf car. I got rid of it after about six months because it kept depreciating in value.
When I finished the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, I bought a replica of the car. It’s in my front garden, surrounded by a lovely wildflower meadow, and people stop to look at it.
Heady, dizzying, magical. Time stops.
As kind, unafraid and boldly vulnerable – and immensely talented, like, mega supernova level. And super hot. And tall. With great skin.
Scarlet fever, 1962. Hypothermia, 1974. Lightning strike, 1986.
Can I say: maybe tomorrow?
Deciding what I wanted to do at 15 and, against all odds, doing it.
Archaeologist, pop star, store cashier.
Charlotte Church, Alison Moyet, Belinda Carlisle, Shane MacGowan, Emeli Sandé, Meghan Trainor
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