I bought a house with someone and realised at the housewarming party that it was a mistake.
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Vox, to writers and thinkers, 9 Questions, 2017
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Two days ago. To move to New York.
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I vowed never to marry, but we got married as soon as we could after lockdown. I used to think it was patriarchal but when same-sex marriage became legal, I thought: OK, great, this institution has finally changed.
I woke up this morning thinking maybe I don’t want to be an actor any more, then I had breakfast and I thought: actually, no, I really like being an actor.
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When I worked at a dog food company shovelling the exterminated rats.
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I worry about doing everything right with my kids.
Because it’s in one of my songs, War and Peace.
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