“You’ll never, ever work.” When you are young and full of hopes and dreams it’s devastating. I am just grateful that I thought: “Well, I’m going to try.”
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Craig Charles
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I was born in 1964, in the most working-class area of Liverpool, so the N-word was bandied around a lot.
“I would love to go on a date with you, but I’d be too embarrassed.”
I like you but I wish you looked more like David Beckham.
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A successful marriage, my third.
I remember really wanting to go into space. I liked the idea of flying.
I’d like my parents to be alive – I miss them.
It’s like arriving somewhere that you’ve always wanted to be.
Unemployment – I’m an actor.
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