After a significant traumatic experience when I was looking for reasons to stay alive.
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Abseiling down a cliff for Doc Martin in a suit, carrying a medical bag.
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Geoffrey Rush
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A panic attack on stage during The Importance Of Being Earnest. Well, it felt like death.
Catching Covid. I don’t think any of us know what we’re messing with still to this day.
Noah Harari
Israeli historian and philosopher
I was almost run over by a bus when I was 13. And in 1991, in the Gulf war, an Iraqi missile hit close to my house.
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View profile →A kitchen porter at some big telecom office in Wimbledon. I was also a kitchen porter at L’Escargot and, while I was there, a model for Gilbert and George. It was a quick £15 and they were terribly nice.
I often cry when people do things well, like on Britain’s Got Talent; I cried at the old ladies doing finger knitting.
A bespoke wagonette I had made in Germany; I drive a pair of Clydesdale horses called Ronnie and Bruce.What do you most dislike about your appearance? The lot.
On childhood family holidays in Mallorca, with my mum, dad and sister, Amanda.
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