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The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 May 2026 source ↗
That my parents and my siblings were so shocked and appalled by my changing my path, from university to deciding to be an actor, that they have never seen anything I’ve done.
Not getting picked for England.
Not having had children.
Not playing first-class cricket.
Pigeons. One got stuck in my flat once for quite a long time and it really changed how I feel about them.
Everything’s temporary, and how to make aioli.
Snobbishness, superiority, condescension.
People singing in the street.
Accidentally walking on to set naked for a scene where I wasn’t actually supposed to be naked.
Catastrophising.
John Bishop, David Guetta, Beth Ditto, Rhys Ifans, Paul Theroux, Dominic West
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