I see a woman I like, who is always worried about her hair.
The Guardian, The Guardian, 25 September 2009 source ↗
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Benedict Cumberbatch
English actor
Erm…
Ben Bradlee
Executive editor of The Washington Post, 1968–1991
I don't know.
Bob Dylan
Songwriter and musician; Nobel laureate in Literature, 2016
I don't know any songwriter like that. I'm unaware of the current debate about separating the art from the artist. It's news to me. Maybe it's an academic thing.
Billy Idol
Singer and songwriter
I’m the sexy sexagenarian. Then I’m gonna be the sexy septuagenarian, ha ha!
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No man has ever tried to pinch my bottom or lay a hand on me, and they’ve always shown me great respect. There’s a lot of rapists and bad men out there but a lot of decent ones too.
I told Sean Connery he’d have to lose his Glaswegian accent and take elocution lessons if he wanted to be an actor. When he became James Bond, I never got a chance to tell him how wrong I’d been.
I try not to be a burden to people, I’m too strong and independent for that.
I've never really been unhappy.
I was a serious little girl growing up in Leeds and had supportive parents who were instrumental in my success.
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