David Jason
English actor
At the time, not landing the role of Lance-Corporal Jones in Dad’s Army, but it all worked out fine in the long run.
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I wish I'd never smoked.
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Paul Giamatti
American actor
This year? Losing to François Englert and Pete Higgs. I truly thought I had that in the bag.
Isabella Rossellini
Italian and American actress
That my children never met my parents. They were both dead by the time I became a mamma.
Anna Friel
English actress
Getting down to the last two of certain jobs (Gangs Of New York and Fight Club) and being thwarted at the last second.
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I cried a few days ago because I couldn't face moving my stuff out of my house because of termites. I cried out of exhaustion from trying to make it so they wouldn't get termite gas on everything, especially my kid's stuff. I cried at the end of the day.
Just In Time, by Nina Simone.
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