Katherine Parkinson
English actor
Relief. (Not like that.)
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When my cold toes drain the heat from his warm ones, but he doesn’t mind at all and is happy for our tarsal temperatures to meet in the middle.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2023 source ↗
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A reviewer once called me “artistically bankrupt”, and it doesn’t feel like reviews can get much worse than that.
In the one photo I’ve seen where my smile looks convincing – I’m four years old, so I’m guessing then. But I just won a Bafta and that felt amazing, too. So, roughly every 40 years.
People who barge into a lift instead of standing aside for anyone exiting should be dipped in kerosene and fired into the sun.
I’ve never been upgraded on a plane.
A comedy gig at an army barracks for thousands of angry, horny squaddies just back from six months in the desert. I was on straight after the stripper.
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