Funny, annoying and kind.
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Short. Fat. Jewish.
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View all 112 →Fiercely loyal, funny, easy-going. I’m sure my daughter and stepdaughters wouldn’t agree with the last bit, but I think I am.
Curious, thoughtful and kind.
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Never to have played at the National or the RSC.
Becoming doubly incontinent.
When the media, en masse, reported my imminent demise.
To my mother for disappointing her. Mummy wanted me to be a different sort of person from who I am, but one can’t change oneself.
On tour during Christmas vacation at Cambridge with its European Theatre Group, playing Shakespeare. I knew it was the best time of my life.
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