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The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 March 2025 source ↗
A little girl called Pat. We were nine-year-olds together and all the class made her life a misery. I knew she wanted to be my friend and I would only be friends with her if nobody else was around. I feel dreadful about that.
Luke. It’s hard growing up with a heroin addict, and I treated him in his vulnerability in a way I would never have treated anyone I worked with.
The man who asked me directions on the subway seven years ago: I am so sorry for sending you to Queens rather than to the Bronx.
My ex-wife Caroline, because she found my style of life rather irritating.
Glass half full.
My beautiful silver Jaguar XKR soft-top.
If you’d asked me last year, I would have said a knee replacement.
Not listening to me.
In an audition at the Royal Court, this man called out, “Were you trained?”
When my mother died in my arms, I feel I witnessed her spirit leaving her body, so let’s just wait and see.
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