I cry all the time in front of the telly. I was doing Gogglebox with Julian Clary recently and I cried watching The Piano.
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On New Year’s day I was so hungover my hair actually hurt. I lay on the sofa with my daughter and we watched The Muppets for two hours and I cried with laughter.
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Robert Bathurst
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Funerals and, annoyingly, athletics medal ceremonies.
Julia Stiles
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On a plane. I become so sentimental on planes: I could be watching Bridesmaids and start crying.
I almost cried last night because of the lack of sleep.
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View profile →I am pretty happy right now. I have just got back from a dog walk. I have loads of nice work coming out. I am feeling pretty chipper.
Steven Spielberg. I can’t think of many people who have improved the human experience as much as that one man.
A Yorkshire cricketer, but I wasn’t good enough.
My kids, for the jokes. Some of them are pretty bad.
Diamonds for my wife.
Leeds United signing a decent striker.
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