On tour during Christmas vacation at Cambridge with its European Theatre Group, playing Shakespeare. I knew it was the best time of my life.
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The last few years. There’s a beauty to getting to an age where you really don’t care about stuff that used to bother you.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 March 2024 source ↗
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