Not a child, which was short-sighted of me.
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When I was very little, I thought it might be possible to be an angel.
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To work in a dry cleaner’s.
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By the time I was 19, I was saying, “I’m going to be a writer. This is my path.”
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View profile →A £400 Zandra Rhodes dress for the royal premiere of The Railway Children. More recently, a Wurlitzer jukebox for my husband’s birthday.
When I was 14 I went up for Juliet with Zeffirelli and I was hugely disappointed that I didn’t get that.
Work-wise, joining the National Theatre when I was 21.
Finding a cure for cystic fibrosis – it would change the life of my niece.
Things that I didn’t do during the day.
Last night, having dinner with my husband, John, my son, Jonathan, and his girlfriend, Maude.
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