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“Sorry, I don’t mean to insult you, but did you know you look a bit like that actress Siobhán McSweeney?”
The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 December 2023 source ↗
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Maggie O'Farrell
Irish-British novelist
“You’ll never walk again.” This was when I was eight or nine and recovering from viral encephalitis.
Chiwetel Ejiofor
English actor
“You’ll never do well as an actor unless you change your name.” I’m not going to say who.
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View profile →As Tilda Swinton in a fat suit.
Politics. And casting directors.
Appearing angry when I’m not angry.
My impotence in the face of war.
Being loved by my family and friends despite my personality.
So many. I have been very cowardly in the past, and it came across as me not caring, when the opposite was true.
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