Jennifer Hudson
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I wouldn’t change a thing. Every experience is a lesson learned.
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I would have skipped the time my daughter was nine to 13, when I was in a toxic relationship.
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Jason Isaacs
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I wouldn’t have spent so much time trying to be a professional skateboarder or snooker player.
I would have been OK with feeling shy. In my teenage years, I thought being an actor meant that you had to be a little more performative.
Eddie Marsan
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I wouldn't have been a bully and I'd have stood up to more bullies.
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People who have ghosted me for my politics.
A ring I bought at Reinstein Ross for myself after a big break-up. It was kind of shallow.
I am trying to find a little happiness at least once a day, so this morning.
A ballet dancer, and for a while I wanted to teach children with Down’s syndrome.
About 40 years ago I drove off an embankment and tumbled down a huge hill. I was standing in the field with my car smashed like a can, saying, “Am I dead?” because I had seen myself dead in the car. Then someone said, “Are you OK?” and I didn’t have a scratch. I believe it was an angel experience.
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