Charles Dance
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Frequently, especially now with what’s happening in the Middle East.
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Two weeks before shooting – after some of our financing dropped out – when the producers said I had to cut a week’s worth of scenes out of my script. I was on location and away from my daughters [currently in middle and high school] who I felt were needing a mother.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 March 2023 source ↗
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Last week. I had quite a bad anxiety attack.
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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.
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I cried this morning when I was meditating, for the first time. I had this real feeling of gratitude that my dad survived his addiction.
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