Ed Harris
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Other than being a decent father, Pollock.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I cook a mean dal.
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Daniel Mays
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Bringing two kids into the world, but my interrogation scene in Line Of Duty comes a close second. It was 12 minutes long and, without question, the hardest passage of dialogue I’ve had to learn.
David Hasselhoff
American actor, singer, and television personality
Singing on the Berlin Wall to a million people in 1989.
Harry Redknapp
English football player and manager
Pulling Sandra.
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Dylan’s I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight.
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