Eddie Marsan
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George Harrison's My Sweet Lord.
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Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd – the greatest guitar solo ever.
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The Rolling Stones’ You Can’t Always Get What You Want.
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Chopin's Romance – Larghetto.
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Eric Idle’s Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. That’s me, really.
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My dad, for providing for the family for 20 years – he was a wine merchant and recently retired.
I couldn’t do it. I realised recently that all the things that have gone wrong are just as important as all the things that went right.
My left foot. (I’m great with my right – I can bend it like Beckham.)
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