Kathleen Turner
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When the acting is going really well – when I am flying.
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Watching my two baby dogs play. They are rat terriers, rescue dogs.
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Viggo Mortensen
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Right now. The past has gone.
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A few years ago in Vermont, when I eloped with Trish to have a civil partnership ceremony.
Sofie Gråbøl
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Most recently, going to a 1D concert at Wembley with my nine-year-old daughter. Seeing her dream becoming real. The highlight was meeting a nice man in the elevator when it was over, who gave her Harry's autograph. Turned out to be his dad. To my daughter that was like meeting the archangel Gabriel.
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The Nutcracker Suite pas de deux.
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