My failed driving test a few months ago. I got three majors and by the end of it the examiner couldn’t wait to get out of the car.
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My sister saved me from drowning. I shouted at her because she pulled me out of the pool and hurt my arm.
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Paapa Essiedu
British actor
In 2016, the moment my agent rang me to tell me I’d got the part of Hamlet for the RSC. While I was on the phone, I looked to my left and turned to the right, and a bus whizzed by and the wing mirror was so close to me that it knocked my hat off.
Shaun Ryder
English singer
I had a gun shoved in my eyeball in New York by a crack dealer in the 1980s. I have also watched somebody next to me get shot in the head in a gun battle – that was in Jamaica in the early 1990s.
Martin Clunes
English actor
Abseiling down a cliff for Doc Martin in a suit, carrying a medical bag.
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View profile →My mam, dad and sister, who have all been through an incredible amount. They’ve all had health problems and have come through with strength, grace and positivity.
The day our rescue dog came for a visit. I burst into tears. And my (most recent) wedding, of course.
That I turned a broken heart into a career. That I hit rock bottom and bounced back up a lot higher.
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