Jenna Coleman
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Receiving a letter saying I didn’t get into drama school. I felt like Billy Elliot. It was a crushing moment.
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That I go to the gym a couple of times a week, yet I am unfit and overweight.
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Guy Pearce
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Not enjoying tap dancing.
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That my critics remain healthy, despite violent attacks of spleen.
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An improvement in the weather in this country.
When I finished the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, I bought a replica of the car. It’s in my front garden, surrounded by a lovely wildflower meadow, and people stop to look at it.
Someone once said online that they hated me so much they wanted to stab me with a spoon. A knife’s easy, but a spoon – that takes real hatred.
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Being able to buy my parents a house.
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